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It's quite all right. I should probably had looked up the policy before blindly rushing in. Nousernameslefttalk and matrix? 01:46, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

happy Mango season

Happy New Years

Happy New Year to you and thank you for your kind note. No, I am not ornithologically-oriented; it just seemed like a funny kind of username, given its comical implications (I seem to recall always hearing that particular bird's name when I was watching the cartoons as a kid).

Yours, Yellow-bellied sapsucker (talk) 17:56, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

passed GA within hours of nomination, thanks for the invaluable yearbook additions. Jimfbleak (talk) 16:12, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks again for the good advice Jimfbleak (talk) 23:06, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Andean Condor

I've done some work on the article in the past few days, and I wondered if you knew what reference the egg measurements and incubation period was taken from, since I'm working from Google Books, and nothing on there has the specific measurements. Thanks! --heyjude. 17:32, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

I was pretty busy in real life during December between schoolwork and the holidays, but I've returned! As far as the specifications in the article, I haven't checked Google scholar or any websites yet, so they must be out there somewhere. Cheers, heyjude. 21:24, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for all the websites! I've added most of them to the page now, and I think it's looking pretty good now. Cheers, heyjude. 02:27, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Imperial triple crown jewels

It gives me great pleasure to thank Rufous-crowned Sparrow for outstanding contributions to Wikipedia's coverage of birds by awarding these Imperial triple crown jewels. DurovaCharge! 23:25, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Your Imperial Majesty, keep up the great work! Best regards, DurovaCharge! 23:25, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Chiffchaff

I've been away for a couple of days birding, will sort Chiffchaff per your comments and MPF's asap. Thanks for your help with this and Blackbird (star bird for the trip: [[White-crowned Sparrow, only about the fourth for the UK|) Jimfbleak (talk) 15:45, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Superb Fairy-wren

The image just personally annoys me. I have seen many a Superb Fairy-wren (without looking for them), and I have never seen them perched together, so the image seems to mischaracterizes their behaviour. If the image had both the original photos simply placed side by side I would be happier. —Pengo 21:23, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

new wikiproject

I am proposing that we make a birds of prey wikiproject, and the proposal is on the wikiproject birds talk page, and i was wondering, if maby you would be interested in helping? -Tobi4242 (talk) 00:35, 9 January 2008 (UTC)


Sorry

On Condor, I put the vandalism back in by accident. Just an apology. Redbull47 (talk) 02:44, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

W-c Sparrow

Very timely of Featured Picture - as I'm sure you appreciate, it's occurrence here is about equivalent to you getting a Chiffchaff in your garden! Jimfbleak (talk) 06:56, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

IP 212.10.85.172

Thank you very much for the welcome, but I was just too lazy to log in. As mentioned on my user page it is a bit of a bad habit I have. Regardless, the welcome to IP's that make useful contributions is a very good idea. I think I'll start using that, too. Rabo3 (talk) 03:52, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thanks for the award! I'm a bit wary now about submitting House Martin to fac, since that could be opposed on the same basis, so I'm secretly working on another cosmopolitan sp, the Northern Pintail, Jimfbleak (talk) 06:44, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

FLC box

No worries, I was cleaning up the categories and found quite a few stray ones, so you aren't alone! ;) Woody (talk) 21:40, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

King Vulture

You can download the text; although it's not the site I used a quick search this am came up with this. The text is searchable, but a bit iffy because of words split across lines and print style (eg "s" printed like "f", and "ae" as joined letter. If you search under genus "Vultur" you should find the third species is papa from India occidentali. No idea where the other name came from. Jimfbleak (talk) 06:16, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

thanks for the helpful edits to Northern Pintail, please check if the changes I've made make sense. Incidentally I'm going to be away for a couple of days now. Jimfbleak (talk) 06:35, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Gyparchus is Gloger, 1841 [1] The link from that page gives a jpg of notes which say type "Vultur papa" Jimfbleak (talk) 06:48, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
You might be interested or depressed by this, which also gives Gypacus (: Jimfbleak (talk) 16:59, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Congrats!

The Cape Fear Shiner article, which you worked very hard on, has been featured at Portal:North Carolina. Keep up the great work! --Mr.crabby (Talk) 17:35, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Vampire is now featured!

I hereby award you the "(Poorly drawn) Vampire Barnstar", because as you may know, Vampire is now a Featured Article and I just wanted to thank you for your contributions to the article or its FAC in order to get this goal. You really helped! Spawn Man (talk) 12:02, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Pintail

Thanks, I'll add that to the Pintail FA later. I'm sure the reason it has no ssp is that it wanders like this all the time, keeping the gene pool stirred up, but is only ringing recoveries that reveal this - since it has no identifiable ssp! Jimfbleak (talk) 06:33, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

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The Final Push

In my opinion, it doesn't need the genera, but it might be best to ask on the FT talk page first, just in case. As for the taxoboxes, I think that listing them as "uncertain" makes the most sense, since it is under dispute. The picture of the American Black Vulture would be great, especially as the one that is there now doesn't give a good view of any of the birds. Hopefully this topic will be finished soon! I have midterms starting tomorrow, meaning that I have a 4 hour school day, so depending on how much I decide to study, I might have a lot of time to work on wikipedia. Also, good luck on your SATs! Cheers, heyjude. 20:00, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

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And I just realized I posted this on the wrong page. Sigh. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 03:47, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

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Hi Rufous, I just added another photo of a king vulture - this time a photo of one flying. This is the last I will add - obviously fee free to delete if it doesn't add to the page. Cheers, Steve —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sherseydc (talkcontribs) 04:10, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

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I wasn't going to do any more fairy wrens but someone added a heap of info into White-winged Fairy-wren, so I thought I would keep going. I am waiting on a map and a couple of pics, and there are a couple of bits and pieces to add before I take it to FAC but not much. Would you mind giving it a look-over for prose glitches etc..Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:20, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Note to self... Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 02:30, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

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Hi - I see you have recently created one or more new stub types. As it states at Wikipedia:Stub, at the top of most stub categories, and in many other places on Wikipedia, it is recommended that new stub types are proposed prior to creation at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. This is partly in order to check whether the new stub type is already covered by existing stub types, whether it is named according to stub naming guidelines, whether it is otherwise correctly formatted, whether it reaches the standard threshold for creation of a new stub type, and whether it crosses existing stub type hierarchies, and partly so that those who regularly deal with stub articles know what stub types are likely to need re-sorting soon. Your new stub type is currently listed at WP:WSS/D - please feel free to make any comments there as to any rationale for this stub type. And please, in future, consider proposing new stub types first! Grutness...wha? 02:14, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Replied at the WP:WSS/D link. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 02:43, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Aimophila ruficeps

Here is what I pieced together from some photographs, hopefully I have not created a hybrid of different races. Let me know any specific alterations to make. Shyamal (talk) 03:55, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi RcS, have reduced the supercilium whiteness behind the eye and shortened the tail a wee bit after looking at some more pictures. You are most welcome to use the picture without having to seek my permission. Cheers. Shyamal (talk) 02:06, 7 June 2008 (UTC) (Oh, the ant FA business is painful - writing is definitely not my forte and this is my first and most likely last venture on this front)
I've added the Byers ref for original binomial, which should be authoritative enough, can't source original Cassin paper, jimfbleak (talk) 16:25, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

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That's fine; it appeared as random date changing as he had provided no edit summary. What I doXenocideTalk to me 23:07, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

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"Fall" usage

I was forced to run to the dictionary (in this case Collins Cobuild 1995) and it says

  • fall - (Variable noun) "In American English, fall is the season between summer and winter...He was elected judge in the fall of 1991...The Supreme Court will not hear the case until next fall.
  • In the Christian religion, the Fall was the occasion when Adam and Eve sinned..."

I am therefore removing the definite article before fall unless it is followed by "of 19XX" or the word "season". Hope it is fine. Shyamal (talk) 04:08, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Capercaillie

Thanks, should be OK now jimfbleak (talk) 17:43, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

unitarian greetings

I will attempt a bit on this GA nom article Council of Keewatin, but I have not the access to the aforementioned books, so will google for some more info. I have added a map already, and will continue on your notes. Will let you know when I have exhausted what I am able to do. Thank you for taking time to do the GA review and for your patience. Kind Regards SriMesh | talk 01:13, 30 December 2008 (UTC)