a sea gull with a black mark on its yellow bill stands atop a rock column at the edge of a salt marsh. The film is streaked because I suck at this.

Ring-Billed Gull #boodooBirds
Nikon F5, CineStill 400D

a mottled gray sea gull with black tip on a yellow beak (most likely immature herring gull) leans low over the of reeds in a salt marsh to find mussels or other meals

American Herring Gull #boodooBirds
Nikon F5, Cinestill 400D

A large white wader with long think neck and yellow beak stalks through the reeds at the edge of a saltmarsh

Great Egret #boodooBirds
Nikon F5, CineStill 400D

a dark bird with green and gold iridescence on its back and flank, black and blue on the neck and head, stands among twigs and branches in the shallow waters at the edge of a lake

Common Grackle #boodooBirds
Nikon F5, Portra 400

a stout brown bird with a long beak and a flat head stands in low plant cover in a dirt flower bed

In profile now, its long beak with dirt on the tip as it digs around looking for worms

the woodcock with its long beak tucked into its wings, resting.

went and saw a celebrity today.

American Woodcock #boodooBirds

a small bird with long beak and tail, blue head and upper with a white neck, unders and eyering and an angry looking black "unibrow" stands on and is partially obscured by a bare branch

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher #boodooBirds
Nikon F5, Portra 400

small songbird with plain brown wings with yellow belly streaked with chestnut and a matching chestnut "hat" stands sideways on a thin, bare branch and turns its face toward the lens

Palm Warbler #boodooBirds
Nikon F5, CineStill 400D

Hawk with dark wings, back and eye with white on head and neck stands on a wooden post with late afternoon sun reflecting off the waters further past

Osprey, late afternoon. D7200. #boodooBirds

a small bird with reddish tinted brown wings, tail feathers, and streaking on its chest, stands in freshly fallen snow, its beak slightly open.

Fox Sparrow #boodooBirds
Nikon F5, Fuji 400

a woodpecker with mottled chest, back, and wingtips with red above and below its beak stands vertical clinging to the trunk of a tree

Already posted one this year but have a clearer shot: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker #boodooBirds

Nikon F5, Portra 400 in CD3

a cormorant flies low over the Lullwater in Prospect Park, its back glowing in the afternoon sun. Most of its reflection on the surface is visible, the image is overall not especially sharp or well-balanced in its composition.

Felt like I nailed this one, but in fact I was moving faster than I needed to track and framed too tight/high, losing the bottom of the reflection. #boodooBirds #boodooFails
Double-crested Cormorant, Nikon F5, Portra 400.

a nondescript black bird stands on a muddy island jutting into still waters running off from a pond. Fallen branches obscure much of the scene, including the bird's signature yellow eye. It's a really bad photo.

Here's hoping I get a better look later in the year, but if not: here's a Rusty Blackbird #boodooBirds

Nikon F5, Portra 400 in CD3

on a wide sidewalk, in the afternoon sun, a dark bird with iridescent variation in its coat stands over a discarded fried chicken wing, picking at it. Another starling saunters around in the background awaiting its turn.

European Starling #boodooBirds
Nikon F5, Portra 400 in CD-3

A small songbird stands on a branch squared up the lens but with his head turned to the right of frame. His face is cast in shadow while the cloud clears from the sun giving a radiant highlight to his crown and the back of his neck.

Well whatever. A tiny little guy, we know him, we love him-- folks. It's the Golden-Crowned Kinglet #boodooBirds

a very blue and very grainy/noisy frame with an Osprey in flight or hovering in five different positions and distances. In the center two instances overlap and it kind of is dense enough to scan, but the other independent shots are weak ghosts. Even the clear sky afternoon sky is a deep blue.

OK I'm gonna take 5 exposures. So I'll set EV -2.0. That math works for some compensation of the sky light. Oh, I see. The metering was completely wrong. "Advanced 3D-matrix metering trained on thousands of scenes" my left foot.

Osprey. five times. #boodooBirds #boodooFails

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker #boodooBirds Nikon F5, Fuji 400 in CD3

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker #boodooBirds

Nikon F5, Fuji 400 in CD3

a woodpecker with black and white wings and a red cap stands at the end of a broken tree branch, facing into the wind on an early spring day

Red-bellied Woodpecker #boodooBirds
Nikon F5, Fuji 400 in CD3

a drab bird with light chest and darker head/wings sits on a branch between dives to snag bugs out of the air over the water below

Eastern Phoebe #boodooBirds
Nikon F5, Fuji 400 in CD3

a dark water bird with orange cheek and blue eye stands on a bright orange buoy in the Lullwater at Propsect Park, with early spring buds on the branches overhanging the shore behind

Double-Crested Cormorant #boodooBirds
Nikon F5, Fuji 400 in CD3

a black and white bird with bold red feathers on its head hangs upside down from a seed pod on a sweetgum tree against a clear sky in early spring

Hairy Woodpecker #boodooBirds

Nikon F5, Fuji 400

small, wide bird stands on the underside of a tree branch splintered from damage in a late winter blizzard, and cranes its neck back to get a forward view

White-breasted Nuthatch #boodooBirds
Nikon F5, Fuji 400 in CD3

small bird with light streaking on chest and sides, with a white eyering and yellow staining under the wings that have two white bars

Yellow-Rumped Warbler (immature) #boodooBirds

First reported in Prospect Park on eBird March 21st, this frame was shot on March 20th. The season is upon us.

Nikon F5, Fuji 400 in CD-3

waited 45 minutes to get this Kinglet on the one tree in the area that was actually budding, and then I missed the focus. I'm going to krill my shrimp. #boodooBirds #boodooFails

a dozen pigeons in the process of taking flight fill the frame randomly, a brick wall and fire escape casting its shadow against it behind

Rock Dove (pigeon) #boodoobirds

Nikon F5, Fuji 400
Voigtländer 40mm f/2

standing on ice, with thawed water behind reflecting the afternoon sun, a male wood duck with his helmet-like head colorings and red eye, a plainer duck is closer is less in focus

Wood Duck (x2) #boodooBirds
Nikon F5, CineStill 400D

iridescent blue neck and head with bold black and white eye accents, long wings marbled in neutral tones and the hint of its radical green display of tailfeathers. It's a peacock (standing on concrete, among fallen tree branches)

Indian Peafowl (cock) #boodooBirds

Nikon F5, CineStill 400D

a red-breasted bird with dark face and wings sits among fallen leaves and wood catching afternoon sun under the bare twigs of a shrub

American Robin #boodooBirds
Nikon F5, CineStill 400D

a small brown bird with a curved beak climbs up a tree trunk, alongside small leaves of a parasitic vine

Brown Creeper #boodooBirds

Nikon F5, CineStill 400D

two cedar waxwings, one facing away from the camera and one towards, sit on a tree branch, a body width apart. Another sits facing away from the camera on another branch not far behind the two in the foreground.

Cedar Waxwing (x3) #boodooBirds
Nikon F5, CineStill 400D

close shot of two geese standing on snow and ice, sipping from the same small puddle of icemelt on the lake

Canada Goose #boodooBirds
Nikon F5, Fujicolor 400