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| New additions to my life list of identified birds: |
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| Swallow-tailed Kite seen near Apalachee Bay. |
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| Fork-tailed Flycatcher seen south of Big Cypress National Preserve. |
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| Boat-tailed Grackle, first seen in Fort Myers, Florida. |
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| American White Ibis, seen in Florida. |
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| Snowy Egret, seen in Florida. |
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| Glossy Ibis, seen in Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge. |
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| Tricolored Heron, seen in Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge. |
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| Little Blue Heron, seen in Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge. |
Originally from rural Redwood Falls, Minnesota, I currently live in Mountain Lake, Minnesota and work at the public school. My formal eduation is in the areas of math, physics and computer science. In my free time I run MennoLink and dabble with amateur radio contesting and birding.
Peeves
Wikipedia pet peeves include overuse of the words [http://www.google.com/search?q=site:en.wikipedia.org+nowadays+-%22/User%22 nowadays], [http://www.google.com/search?q=site:en.wikipedia.org+%22increasingly+less%22+-%22/User%22 increasingly], [http://www.google.com/search?q=site:en.wikipedia.org+%22increasingly+famous%22+-%22%2FUser%22 famous] and [http://www.google.com/search?q=site:en.wikipedia.org+%22and+also+again%22+-%22/User%22 also]. I am disappointed when the lead paragraph tells me that the subject of the article is a term that [http://www.google.com/search?q=site:en.wikipedia.org+%22is+a+term+describing%22+-%22/User%22 describes], [http://www.google.com/search?q=site:en.wikipedia.org+%22is+a+term+referring%22+-%22/User%22 refers ] to or is [http://www.google.com/search?q=site:en.wikipedia.org+%22is+a+term+used%22+-%22/User%22 used] for something (I already knew that). Another is [http://www.google.com/search?q=site:en.wikipedia.org+%22increasingly+more+and+more%22+-%22/User%22 repeating the same thought] three or four times in the same sentence. Sometimes less is more.
Everything in Wikipedia [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=active&q=site%3Aen.wikipedia.org+%22it+should+be+noted%22+-%22%2FUser%22 should be noted], so why are you telling the reader that? If you find something that should not be noted, do not hesitate to remove it from the article. If [http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aen.wikipedia.org+%22there+is+reason+to+believe%22+-%22%2FUser%22 there is reason to believe] something, why isn't a justification present in the form of a reference, or is this a code phrase for original research?
Category watch
Overpopulated categories I have thinned:
Articles
External links
- [http://www.mennolink.org/ MennoLink]
- [http://mountainlake.k12.mn.us/ Mountain Lake Public School]