A lot of effort has gone into the interpretation of cat and dog expressions but I sometimes wonder about birds. Are they telling us anything by the way they look at us? Experts will surely know but for others, one can hazard a guess. Here, for you to enjoy, are photographs of some of the birds I’ve come across in Victoria Tower Gardens and St. James’s Park, giving me a *look*…
![](https://thetidalthames.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Black-headed-gull-copy-1024x682.jpeg)
![](https://thetidalthames.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Crow-almost-smiling-copy-1024x871.jpeg)
![](https://thetidalthames.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/crow-fluffy-copy-1024x682.jpeg)
![](https://thetidalthames.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Egyptian-goose-copy-1024x606.jpg)
![](https://thetidalthames.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Greylag-goose-copy-1024x682.jpeg)
![](https://thetidalthames.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Gull-shouting-copy-1024x682.jpeg)
![](https://thetidalthames.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/HERON-SWAP-IMG_8262-copy-1024x682.jpeg)
![](https://thetidalthames.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Immature-gull-copy-1024x682.jpeg)
![](https://thetidalthames.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Immature-gull-2-copy-1024x682.jpeg)
![](https://thetidalthames.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Young-gull-copy-1024x682.jpeg)
![](https://thetidalthames.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Magpie-2-copy-1024x682.jpeg)
![](https://thetidalthames.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Mallards-a-pair-copy-1024x768.jpg)
![](https://thetidalthames.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Parakeet-copy-999x1024.jpeg)
![](https://thetidalthames.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Pelican-copy-987x1024.jpeg)
![](https://thetidalthames.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Pigeon-copy-1024x682.jpeg)
![](https://thetidalthames.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Robin-copy-1024x682.jpeg)
![](https://thetidalthames.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_8142-1024x682.jpeg)
Further Information
Conservationist Kabir Kaul. Follow him on Twitter -X @Kaulofthewilduk
Sutton, George M: Some Remarks on the Facial Expression of Birds, 1922.
The travelling birder
Ian Young: Anxious Birding and follow him on Twitter -X @ianyoung33