New additions to my life list of identified birds:
Swallow-tailed Kite seen near Apalachee Bay.
Fork-tailed Flycatcher seen south of Big Cypress National Preserve.
Boat-tailed Grackle, first seen in Fort Myers, Florida.
American White Ibis, seen in Florida.
Snowy Egret, seen in Florida.
Glossy Ibis, seen in Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.
Tricolored Heron, seen in Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.
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

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Wikipedia pet peeves include overuse of the words nowadays, increasingly, famous and also. I am disappointed when the lead paragraph tells me that the subject of the article is a term that describes, refers to or is used for something (I already knew that). Another is repeating the same thought three or four times in the same sentence. Sometimes less is more.

Everything in Wikipedia 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 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

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Overpopulated categories I have thinned:

Articles

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Created Translated from German Expanded
Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary
Civilian Public Service
Claas Epp, Jr.
Forestry service (Russia)
General Conference Mennonite Church
Groffdale Conference Mennonite Church
Jacob A. Schowalter
John H. Oberholtzer
Peter Jansen
Schowalter Foundation
Wadsworth Institute
Ausbund
Bergtal
Chortitza
Fernheim Colony
Hans Denck
Hans Hut
Hans Reist
Leonhard Schiemer
Martyrs' Synod
Menno Colony
Mennonite settlements of Altai
Molotschna
Neu Samara Colony
Neuland Colony
Swiss Brethren
Wilhelm Reublin
Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church
Jacob Hutter
Russian Mennonite
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