tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post3786282983470473730..comments2024-03-10T14:33:50.262+00:00Comments on Regent's Park Birds: 12th Marchregents park birds.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05857667944318385224noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post-82296172908475472052013-03-14T11:42:28.994+00:002013-03-14T11:42:28.994+00:00The only thing I knew about the Argentine Ruddy Du...The only thing I knew about the Argentine Ruddy Duck is it's famous for its genitalia. Now I know what they look like as well. <br /><br />xpiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06744804879721529575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post-16122433960519587262013-03-13T20:03:05.304+00:002013-03-13T20:03:05.304+00:00That was the last area of the park the birds frequ...That was the last area of the park the birds frequented. I looked at the wiki, just another load of bull.regents park birds.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05857667944318385224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post-40922574885512581152013-03-13T18:55:50.539+00:002013-03-13T18:55:50.539+00:00Hi Piers, not a hybrid but an Argentine Ruddy Duck...Hi Piers, not a hybrid but an Argentine Ruddy Duck.regents park birds.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05857667944318385224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post-79273322866193246242013-03-13T14:13:49.021+00:002013-03-13T14:13:49.021+00:0013 Mar (addendum):
1♂ House Sparrow flew across Ch...13 Mar (addendum):<br />1♂ House Sparrow flew across Chester Road to top of yew from hedge near Wildlife Garden, area 20 at 11:55.birdman_eustonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09232990514600770658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post-71917734497103956102013-03-13T13:21:37.440+00:002013-03-13T13:21:37.440+00:0013 Mar:
1♂ Teal on Bandstand Is area 7, 1 Jackdaw ...13 Mar:<br />1♂ Teal on Bandstand Is area 7, 1 Jackdaw flying leisurely NW and calling over Children's Boating Pond a.3 at 07:40, 1♂ Blackcap at entrance to The Holme a.10 09:55, 35 Waxwing E 06:30 over Primrose Hill making a beeline toward Hackney/Islington - presumably the N1 wintering flock, 1 1st-w ♂ Reed Bunting in Wetland Pen a.32 (found by Dave 08:00), 10+ Siskin a.32.<br />Also 6 Mandarin (4-5 ♂, 1-2 ♀) courting/nest-hole-hunting along Regent's Canal a.43; 80% of this species has deserted the main lake in the last fortnight but evidently they're not going far!birdman_eustonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09232990514600770658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post-4632480098076291532013-03-13T13:17:15.017+00:002013-03-13T13:17:15.017+00:00Hi Tony,
I think I noticed that duck ages ago, th...Hi Tony,<br /><br />I think I noticed that duck ages ago, thought he must be a ruddy hybrid of some sort? I guess he escapes the cull? Has he been there many years?<br /><br />Pierspiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06744804879721529575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post-10851986345818687902013-03-12T18:31:49.775+00:002013-03-12T18:31:49.775+00:0012 Mar:
1 Greylag Goose x Canada Goose hybrid land...12 Mar:<br />1 Greylag Goose x Canada Goose hybrid landed in main lake with two Canada Geese a.m., 1♂ Teal roosting on NE shore of Bandstand Island area 7 p.m, 2 Siskin in Cricket Pen elm thicket a.31.<br />Most of the remaining Gadwall, Pochards and Mandarins appear to have left in the past fortnight but Tufted Duck numbers remain relatively stable at 200+. Still 400+ Black-headed Gulls around.<br />Speaking of Collection ducks, there's a lovely pair of Canvasbacks (my favourite diving duck) in the Longbridge Sanctuary.<br /><br />Tony, I have some 'geek' news for you re the LBC wiki: individual posts are no longer being terminated with a period (see the discussion at the top of the wiki Local News listings for 8th March for the nerdy reason why). :)birdman_eustonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09232990514600770658noreply@blogger.com