St. Mark’s Hawks

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Are these red-tailed hawks? I saw them circling above Second Avenue and St. Mark’s Place. The two inserts are full resolution shots from my new Lumix dmc-fz35. I suspect that 12 megapixels is overkill for the camera’s sensor, full resolution should not be so fuzzy. I sharpened it bit in Photoshop.

Roof Buzzards

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

According to my brother, this building in Myrtle Beach, always has several of these buzzards perched on its roof.
How to get Turkey Buzzards off your roof.

Samantha Raven – New York City Marble Cemetery – OHNY

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

I went to the New York City Marble Cemetery on East Second Street today during Open House New York, and got to see where Samantha Raven hangs. It is as I suspected, she is in the eastern portion, not visible from the street. Samantha was fairly tolerant, letting me get about ten feet from her. [...]

Emily the Raven Eats Something

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

I’m not sure if that squawk you hear in the middle of the video is coming from Emily or a squeaky car door.
Turns out that Emily may actually be named Samantha.

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