tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post8759467044317139501..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-46355771956309402782019-09-19T23:04:18.490+01:002019-09-19T23:04:18.490+01:00West side of the Long Water, between 20 and 120 ya...West side of the Long Water, between 20 and 120 yards north of the bridge. Look for them flying and then try to find the perch.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-81370789837550623512019-09-19T14:20:16.866+01:002019-09-19T14:20:16.866+01:00Whereabouts by the bridge are the flycatchers? If ...Whereabouts by the bridge are the flycatchers? If they want to hang around till tomorrow lunchtime, that would be nice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-73304380141593135202019-09-19T01:19:27.299+01:002019-09-19T01:19:27.299+01:00I don't think any red fruit would be poisonous...I don't think any red fruit would be poisonous to birds, it wouldn't make evolutionary sense. Red fruit is brightly visible to birds but not to most mammals, which have colour receptors only for yellow and violet. So only birds eat the fruit, and their hasty digestion passes the seeds through intact to be spread around.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-48835147307942698622019-09-19T00:24:00.581+01:002019-09-19T00:24:00.581+01:00Someone could write a book on weird things or peop...Someone could write a book on weird things or people found in the park.<br /><br />Love to see the tiny little Grebes growing so well that they aren't tiny any more. <br /><br />I'd have thought tomatoes would be poisonous to birds. Live and learn.<br />TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com