tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post891707295856132108..comments2024-03-28T20:29:39.377+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-79380576288783717532014-10-09T00:07:19.819+01:002014-10-09T00:07:19.819+01:00No, they weren't. Coots just seem to enjoy fig...No, they weren't. Coots just seem to enjoy fighting, and if they see other birds fighting they leap in. I've seen them doing it to Great Crested Grebes.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-13273718129105580832014-10-08T23:59:21.151+01:002014-10-08T23:59:21.151+01:00What do you mean by two Coots decided to join the ...What do you mean by two Coots decided to join the fight? Were they trying to help the pigeon? LauraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-7522279308378923112014-10-08T22:12:58.171+01:002014-10-08T22:12:58.171+01:00Yes, I was also thinking it might be due to its si...Yes, I was also thinking it might be due to its size. Great Black-Backs kill pigeons routinely, but they are only occasional visitors to the park and wouldn't have had any influence on this bird.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-35680827371382571372014-10-08T22:08:58.256+01:002014-10-08T22:08:58.256+01:00That is a really large gull! I don't think I&#...That is a really large gull! I don't think I've seen a lesser black back of that size before. Perhaps the other gulls in the lake are simply not as powerful as this one is? I wonder, are great black backs killing pigeons in this way in the lake as well? Maybe it learned the technique from them, and being as large as it is it can replicate it where the others cannot?TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-37100302971948395642014-10-08T18:55:50.142+01:002014-10-08T18:55:50.142+01:00Again, amazing captures of the pigeon-eating gull ...Again, amazing captures of the pigeon-eating gull !! And as you say it's also amazing that none of the other LBB gulls have learnt from this 'master'. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16504648883313789101noreply@blogger.com