tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post955877057394960021..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-3949152965845056112016-08-25T22:24:23.976+01:002016-08-25T22:24:23.976+01:00It's all down to the silly legend that swans s...It's all down to the silly legend that swans sing once before they die, I think.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-6498345121114964342016-08-25T22:22:54.714+01:002016-08-25T22:22:54.714+01:00Wouldn't be surprised. But it looked much more...Wouldn't be surprised. But it looked much more like the Dmall Whites in the pictures I compared it with.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-36382212162624992732016-08-25T20:10:05.998+01:002016-08-25T20:10:05.998+01:00I find familiar adult Mute Swans can be quite '...I find familiar adult Mute Swans can be quite 'chatty' when I feed them. Huffs, snorts, gentle barking. Really charming. *** They do hiss loudly when approached by dogs whose idiot owners have let them off the lead! Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683657915069578017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-67627659259144257312016-08-25T18:41:15.835+01:002016-08-25T18:41:15.835+01:00Could the butterfly be a green-veined white Ralph?...Could the butterfly be a green-veined white Ralph? I see some darker scales in closeup.Dom Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-71766132494316787422016-08-25T16:23:58.492+01:002016-08-25T16:23:58.492+01:00Thank heavens they found each other. Poor lonely l...Thank heavens they found each other. Poor lonely little cygnet.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-40131690784801188302016-08-25T01:36:07.454+01:002016-08-25T01:36:07.454+01:00Apart from the usual snorts and hisses, no. But Co...Apart from the usual snorts and hisses, no. But <i>Collins Bird Guide</i> says that lone swans seeking company have a contact call that it renders as 'ga-oh'. Sounds like a version of the Black Swan's two-tone call.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-35311605667118791792016-08-25T00:54:32.117+01:002016-08-25T00:54:32.117+01:00The black swan and cygnet found each other eventua...The black swan and cygnet found each other eventually with much vocalising from the adult and rather weak responses from the youngster. It feels odd hearing sounds coming from the cygnet since the adults live up to their name. Have you ever heard the adults produce sounds in any circumstances?Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10529596094957534682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-86459141255785997722016-08-24T20:45:59.230+01:002016-08-24T20:45:59.230+01:00Shame, it looked marvellous next to the cafe. Ther...Shame, it looked marvellous next to the cafe. There is another willow tree on the north bank near the Triangle, it looks younger.Jennanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-32093881478656317812016-08-24T20:38:02.173+01:002016-08-24T20:38:02.173+01:00Willow trees are very short-lived, and when they a...Willow trees are very short-lived, and when they are old they fall to bits. The one at the Dell restaurant was only 60 years old. It had already needed propping up with a giant steel crutch, and was in a visibly rotten state. It had to be felled and replaced.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-67709648555934724332016-08-24T20:04:40.189+01:002016-08-24T20:04:40.189+01:00Ralph, do you remember the old willow tree in the ...Ralph, do you remember the old willow tree in the Dell cafe garden? I wonder why they had to fell it down back in winter. There is a new one now growing instead but that will take 100 years for it to reach the same appearance.Jennanoreply@blogger.com