tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post7544866313424905118..comments2024-03-28T20:29:39.377+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-64713823625409281452020-06-27T08:32:45.445+01:002020-06-27T08:32:45.445+01:00Thanks for the bleeding swan explanation...phew..
...Thanks for the bleeding swan explanation...phew..<br />Love the two damselflies pics..such unique and unusual shades of blue..Joyze Sze Kwanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12613715341830757114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-57346823765551166612020-06-26T14:14:55.579+01:002020-06-26T14:14:55.579+01:00Thank you. Changed. Silly of me, but I was expecti...Thank you. Changed. Silly of me, but I was expecting the X mark on the tip of the abdomen to be more clearly defined.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-58465112865494800132020-06-26T07:10:44.137+01:002020-06-26T07:10:44.137+01:00Ralph your photo is of a male Small Red-eyed not R...Ralph your photo is of a male Small Red-eyed not Red-eyed Damselfly. I've seen my first a couple of days ago. The wedge of blue under segment 8 is clear in your photo & is diagnostic. A smaller damselfly with paler more tomato red eyes & has shorter wings, though this may not be so obvious in one individual. Presumably you only had Small Red-eyed then?Conehead54https://www.blogger.com/profile/18423862602236191493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-88280442030664835372020-06-26T02:54:07.139+01:002020-06-26T02:54:07.139+01:00I don't feed swans because I want them to keep...I don't feed swans because I want them to keep away from humans who will feed them bread, which can choke them. It's a useless effort, of course. Those brand new cygnets are already on the downward path.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-9964659845066967732020-06-26T01:39:17.507+01:002020-06-26T01:39:17.507+01:00I fear the worst. Although I have trust in the cou...I fear the worst. Although I have trust in the courage and strength of black swans.<br /><br />That poor swan is clearly off its gourd with itching. It must be terrible. Why won't you feed swans, by the way? I have largely forgiven the swan that nearly bit my finger clean off when I made him a food offering. Not to the point of being willing to risk more fingers though.<br /><br />Love the picture of the baby Grebes. And the perfectly shaped little foot of the Little Owl.Instrument of death and terror it may be, but it's so cute!Tinúvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-21782797015257309702020-06-25T21:53:58.348+01:002020-06-25T21:53:58.348+01:00I was wondering about that too. Don't want to ...I was wondering about that too. Don't want to see a battle of the giants.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-49166505200847002352020-06-25T20:32:15.825+01:002020-06-25T20:32:15.825+01:00That’s an unusual place to nest! I wonder what th...That’s an unusual place to nest! I wonder what the pelicans think about it?Ian Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07805150608243315063noreply@blogger.com