This zoomed and cropped image shows the top of a branch where a Red-tailed Hawk is perched. The hawk is holding the branch with one leg while the other is pulled up into a tuck for a one-legged perch.

A slightly pulled-back zoom.

A crop of the full bird, almost directly overhead.

Talons. Three crops - same photo. The Red-tailed Hawk had just released the branch with its second leg and was in the midst of tucking. #redtailedhawk #bird #birdphotography #birdsofnyc #nycwild

A northern shoveler drake stares into the lens

A Northern Shoveler drake lets water glide off his bill

A northern shoveler drake seems so front-loaded as he swims right to left across the frame

I *might* have a favorite duck. There are just so many good ones. #northernshoveler #bird #birdphotography #birdsofnyc #nycwild

Scaring a crayfish to death.

#hoodedmerganser #bird #birdphotography #birdsofnyc #centralparkreservoir

A woodcock faces the camera, giant bill descending toward the bottom left corner of the frame.

A woodcock faces the camera, bill tucked beneath its wing.

Kreskin the Woodcock and the amazing disappearing bill.

#americanwoodcock #bird #birdphotography #birdsofnyc #bryantpark

A kestrel stands with one foot clutching its prey. The kestrel was standing on the lawn of Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan.

Bad things happen to Song Sparrows when they roughhouse with American Kestrels.

#americankestrel #bird #birdphotography #birdsofnyc #bryantpark

American Woodcock in Bryant Park -- a small plaza in midtown with green space, which attracts woodcocks annually.

#americanwoodcock #bird #birdphotography #birdsofnyc

Giant pigeon! #pigeon #birdsofNYC

On my way to #Flaco I met this Northern Cardinal who wasn't shy. #cardinal #northerncardinal #birdsofnyc