Bill

Retired opera singer / conductor / systems engineer.
Amateur photographer: street, theater, wildlife.

[Bill @mausgabe]

Saturday 3/14: Pi Day in Bryant Park
Birding at 50mm ;-)
- American Woodcock, aka Timberdoodle
(Leica M10 | Light Lens Lab "Elcan" 50mm ƒ/2)
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Saturday 12/13: Central Park / The Pool
- Green-winged Teal Drake
- Song Sparrow
- Northern Shoveler Drake
- Mallard
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Saturday 12/13: Central Park / The Reservoir
- View from NW Pumphouse to SE Pumphouse
- Ring-billed Gull
- Hooded Merganser Hen and Drake
- American Coot
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Tuesday 11/11: European Starling at Bryant Park
(Leica M10 | Leica Summilux 50/1.4 v1)
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Saturday 11/8: The Pool and The Loch
- Green-winged Teal Drake (Pool)
- Green-winged Teal (Pool)
- White-breasted Nuthatch (Loch)
- Barred Owl (Loch)
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Birding @ 25mm ;-)

NYC: WaHi / J. Hood Wright Park
– Redtail Hawk in tallest tree, west end of park

(Leica M10 | 1950s Nikon W-Nikkor.C 2.5cm ƒ4 LTM)

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Sunday 7/27: WaHi / J. Hood Wright Park
Pigeons were feeding on bread or seeds.
Juvenile Redtailed Hawk flew in.
Pigeons scattered. No lunch for the juvie (yet).
(Leica M10 | 1954 Jupiter-8 5cm ƒ/2 LTM)
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Tuesday 7/1: Central Park / The Pond
- Black-crowned Night-Heron, "Oliver"
- Nearby: Joan Miró: Oiseau lunaire (Moonbird)
(Leica M10 | 1937 Leica Xenon 5cm ƒ/1.5 LTM)
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Sunday 5/18: Central Park / The Ramble
- Mallard Drake (Azalea Pond)
- Bicknell's Thrush (Captain's Bench)
- Common Grackle (The Gill)
- Bonus: Fri 5/16 GWB Sunset (WaHi / Home)
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Sunday 4/6: Birding @ 50mm
- Virginia Rail (Bryant Park)
- Bird Topiary (Quality Bistro, 120 W55th St)
(Leica M10 | Nikon Nikkor-H.C 5cm ƒ/2 LTM)
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Sunday 3/30: Central Park (Part Two)
- Northern Cardinal (Maintenance Meadow)
- Palm Warbler (Turtle Pond)
- Brown Creeper (Turtle Pond)
- Great Egret (The Lake)
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Sunday 3/30: Central Park (Part One)
- Eastern Phoebe (Turtle Pond)
- White-breasted Nuthatch (Evodia)
- House Finch (Evodia)
- Mourning Dove (Evodia)
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Saturday 3/29: The Ramble
- Black-capped Chickadee at The Feeders
- Post-bathing Tufted Titmouse at Laupot
- Golden-crowned Kinglet at Laupot
- What? No Food? Cardinal at Upper Lobe
(Leica M10 | Minolta M-Rokkor 90/4)
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Saturday 3/29: Ducklings at the bend south of The Oven. Dumped or natural grouping? Contact rangers?
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Sunday 3/23: Bryant Park, SW Corner
- American Woodcock in the ivy
(Leica M10 | 1937 Leica Xenon 5cm ƒ/1.5 LTM)
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Friday 3/21: Bryant Park north of Joe's Coffee
— American Woodcock
(Leica M10 | Minolta M-Rokkor 90/4)
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Thursday 3/20: Chilly Spring Day in Bryant Park
- One of four American Woodcocks,
this one six or seven feet in front of us
(Leica M10 | Nikon Nikkor-S.C 5cm ƒ/1.4 LTM)
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Saturday 3/15: Bryant Park: Lawn, Nursery, Ivy
- Three American Woodcocks
(Leica M10 | Minolta M-Rokkor 90/4)
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Friday 3/14: Bryant Park
- American Woodcock foraging + WORM!
(Leica M10 | Minolta M-Rokkor 90/4)
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Thursday 3/13: Bryant Park
- Two American Woodcocks
(Leica M10 | Minolta M-Rokkor 90/4)
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