tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post9006794791928411746..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-88933298307027677782021-11-12T04:20:51.310+00:002021-11-12T04:20:51.310+00:00I think that gulls pull ropes in the hope that it ...I think that gulls pull ropes in the hope that it may bring something hilariously tumbling down. No hope of that with this rope, as it was fastened around cleats at either end.<br /><br />Magpies seem to be multiplying everywhere. They have found an urban niche and are making the most of it.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-47902220707201575722021-11-12T01:35:19.834+00:002021-11-12T01:35:19.834+00:00Wait until they guess that by placing a morsel at ...Wait until they guess that by placing a morsel at the end of a rope you may get a tasty fish. Herons and Egrets do it dangling bits of bread. <br /><br />I wonder what has got into Magpies. They are absolutely driving everybody crazy here. Lots and lots of them everywhere making a huge racket.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-25801306889711385512021-11-11T23:26:05.947+00:002021-11-11T23:26:05.947+00:00Not sure where natural evolution (rather than cult...Not sure where natural evolution (rather than cultivation) has been going here. The wild ancestors of citrus fruits are all sour and bitter, and I would not have thought them attractive to any creature.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-58430667250786913792021-11-11T22:54:37.220+00:002021-11-11T22:54:37.220+00:00Again we see that citrus fruits are anti-bird thou...Again we see that citrus fruits are anti-bird though pro-mammal, in stark contrast to many berries. JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com