tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post7657732125834413820..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-60146640329856046362019-01-29T23:27:22.982+00:002019-01-29T23:27:22.982+00:00Perhaps there is only one World Robin and the bird...Perhaps there is only one World Robin and the birds we see are simply manifestations of it. If so, I wish it would get used to me and not fly away when I try to record its wonderful song.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-32860319260594074772019-01-29T23:04:22.555+00:002019-01-29T23:04:22.555+00:00I also think that's a sparrow. Hope springs. A...I also think that's a sparrow. Hope springs. Alas, one sparrow does not make a tribe of them.Ulrikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022985141813875238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-87589732120878758482019-01-29T21:29:20.381+00:002019-01-29T21:29:20.381+00:00Drat. I didn't think my poetic image through. ...Drat. I didn't think my poetic image through. A descendant of that Robin, then. TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-68277795985467979342019-01-29T21:03:10.255+00:002019-01-29T21:03:10.255+00:00How many generations of Robins before the cedar is...How many generations of Robins before the cedar is full grown? Some cedars of Lebanon are reckoned to be over 1000 years old.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-49142952295906123502019-01-29T20:45:35.222+00:002019-01-29T20:45:35.222+00:00Yep, that's a House Sparrow, or a bird that im...Yep, that's a House Sparrow, or a bird that imitates it so closely as to fool anyone. That's really exciting! I hope it will make itself visible tomorrow.<br /><br />It'd be poetical if that Robin should build its nest in the adult cedar after it's grown up.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com