tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post8353022452469101561..comments2024-03-29T00:20:48.433+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-72920147893666146432018-01-09T15:38:59.482+00:002018-01-09T15:38:59.482+00:00This is off-message, I know; but having spent a go...This is off-message, I know; but having spent a good deal of Sunday looking, fruitlessly, at the tops of hornbeams for Hawfinches (of whom we are told there is this month a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to get a sighting) I was wondering if you or any of your irregular readers had any more tangible suggestions for spotting Coccothraustes coccothraustes in the greater London area . . . ?? Thank you! harryghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04184350321693687780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-68704624420158079442018-01-08T21:18:43.572+00:002018-01-08T21:18:43.572+00:00It would have been a very pale chick. Blondie, not...It would have been a very pale chick. Blondie, not nearly as pale as this one, was conspicuous from the moment she hatched.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-40759964145121174432018-01-08T20:49:37.589+00:002018-01-08T20:49:37.589+00:00Gosh, I’ve never seen a Egyptian Goose like that. ...Gosh, I’ve never seen a Egyptian Goose like that. Would it have been a pale chick? If so, it did well to survive Ian Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07805150608243315063noreply@blogger.com