tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post7636893724452626091..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-22086653680266681572018-02-04T23:13:47.402+00:002018-02-04T23:13:47.402+00:00Thanks. I haven't seen one of the dark Mallard...Thanks. I haven't seen one of the dark Mallard brothers attack the Red-Crested Pochard, but today two different drakes were having a got at him, and the female also gave him peck, which is in the video. I think the brush with the Common Pochard drake was just part of the jostling to get to the food.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-57657927522666644412018-02-04T22:32:08.788+00:002018-02-04T22:32:08.788+00:00Great that your ankle has recovered Ralph. I spent...Great that your ankle has recovered Ralph. I spent some time watching and photographing that over-enthusiastic Red-Crested Pochard and female Mallard on Friday, but the intervening male Mallard was one of the dark coloured chaps. (She’s clearly a popular lady.) I was interested by your link to the photos of Pochard/Mallard hybrids. Is it simply a lack of female R-C Pochards which precipitated this behaviour in male Mallards?PollyGilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106743398721079753noreply@blogger.com