tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post831566230442374686..comments2024-03-27T19:59:10.159+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-46385259027896275462017-06-28T23:32:36.984+01:002017-06-28T23:32:36.984+01:00We still have to see how the returned Black Swan w...We still have to see how the returned Black Swan will interact with the other swans. But even if he meets his former girlfriend I don't think they'll get back together. He originally went for her because she was still grey, and reminded him of an immature Black Swan, which is also grey though darker. She grew considerably whiter during his courtship, but now she is pure white and looks just like his rivals, and may have a prospective mate of her own. I can't recognise her any more, though possibly Jorgen can.<br /><br />Splendid slippers. You couldn't have feet like that on a grebe pair because they would be at the back, so you'd do better to assume that they were invisibly folded up under its wings.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-64642067416976949122017-06-28T21:32:00.024+01:002017-06-28T21:32:00.024+01:00Whatever happened to the Girlfriend, now that I th...Whatever happened to the Girlfriend, now that I think of it? Would the Black Swan recognize her?<br /><br />Those young Great Tits have such an intelligent-looking, eager little face.<br /><br />Not grebes, but there **are** mallard slippers:<br /><br />https://www.bunnyslippers.com/shop/Mallard-Duck-Slippers.html<br />TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-30019159161431128782017-06-28T20:31:40.025+01:002017-06-28T20:31:40.025+01:00One could make a wonderful pair of fur fabric slip...One could make a wonderful pair of fur fabric slippers in the form of sleeping grebes, <a href="http://www.hancock.dircon.co.uk/Sleepers.gif" rel="nofollow">like this</a>.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-80994147500147770802017-06-28T19:50:59.850+01:002017-06-28T19:50:59.850+01:00"Adult grebes spend most of their time restin..."Adult grebes spend most of their time resting"...and looking astonishingly beautiful! I still recall your picture of sleeping Grebes as slippers.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683657915069578017noreply@blogger.com