Not quite as many oddities in this thread. This part of the walk took me away from the breeding centre and past the boating lake. Mostly regular faces this time. 'Duck Buster' Hazy, you may take the rest of the afternoon off. Well, most of it; there are a couple for you here...
1.One of the many types of Teal is my guess. Over to you Duck Buster! (FALACTED TEAL)
2.Preening those feathers must be a thankless task!
3.This would make a good jigsaw
4.BAHAMA PINTAIL
5.This one looks familiar. It's not a female Wood Duck... (PINTAIL)
6.Young Moorhen
7.Not very frisky Feral
8.Young Coot and young Moorhen foraging amongst the leaves
9.An inquisitive Canada Goose
10.Black Headed Gull (Winter Plumage)
11.I caught a fish that was THIS big!
12.Seriously guys. It was huge!
13.Actually, now I think about it. It was actually even bigger!
14.What? No, I'm not making it up.
15.OK. It was just a minnow. Leave me alone...
16.Saw one of these on the far side of the lakes. Female ? (COMMON POCHARD)
17.Greylag Goose
18.A quick 'Bottoms Up!' from an Egyptian Goose
19.Greylag
20.One of the many herons to be seen near the boating lake
21.'The Thinker'
22.Herring Gull. I think.
23.Greylag up close and personal
24.And again.
25.BHG (first Winter) and friends. Not sure about the leg colour, so maybe I'm wrong.
26.BHG (Winter)
27.Sunbathing Ferals
28.Canada Goose says hi
29.Little Grebe
A quick scratch
Another heron
Here's something I rarely see: Ferals in a tree. They just look so out of place!
Unicum arbustum haud alit duos erithacos
(One bush does not shelter two Robins)
Zenodotus (3rd Century B.C.)
Thanks Alan. I just wish I could ID a few more. I had a good afternoon in the park. One of the many squirrels even climbed up my leg and got as far as my belt before deciding I had no food and then climbing back down and scuttling off into the undergrowth. I'll take some peanuts next time!
lovely set again MC and love the Cormorant captions ! Was wondering if the duck next to the Wood Duck was a female Pintail ? only a random guess as I can't see its beak LOL have a look here at its head ........
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Regards, Hazel
Thanks Hazy & Alan. Luckily for me the cormorant remained in that pose for about a minute. Quite a few photos from that sequence ended up in the 'deleted' bin!
Unknown said: lovely set again MC and love the Cormorant captions ! Was wondering if the duck next to the Wood Duck was a female Pintail ? only a random guess as I can't see its beak LOL have a look here at its head ........
Could be...
I checked my other photos for Regents Park and the Pintail was always next image to the Wood Duck so I think they keep one another company ! I will do a recheck when we visit 'Regents throughout Christmas week.
Luckily most of them inhabit the small area near to the breeding centre, so they tend to be in the same place. That 'rogue' Wood Duck in the first thread was in the first stretch of water that we walked past before we met up with Aiki. I guess it fancied a change of scenery! The unidentified female with the coot behind her had also strayed. We might see more visitors in December.
Been following your 'Regent's Park' threads. Really amazing photos. Why are there so many different ducks? Why are they all so different? Why do they all hide their heads deliberately to prevent you from identifying them? Why can't I identify even the ones that I should know? ...My head hurts..!!! I'm going back to stare at the picture of the pigeon..!!
My bird photos HERE
Hi Paul, this might answer your first question.
http://www.regentsparkbirds.co.uk/
Part Three ID's done
Got it bookmarked ! well done MC