Rhododendrites

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Wikipedian for quite a while now. Mainly as a researcher for the first few years. Then I started teaching with Wikipedia and finally jumped into [very] active editing in 2013. I tend to edit in a wide variety of topic areas. In fact, as I think about it, it's hard to point to topic area concentrations.

In addition to the

slinked at the top of the page, here are some fun ones

guerilla gardening group who threw "seed grenades" into empty lots on the Lower East Side

site of a chocolate flood

site of a wine flood

first human cannonball

fictional order or mammals with diversely functional noses

largest ship graveyard in Rhode Island

mandarin duck who became a minor celebrity in Central Park

"the bug lady" of the American Museum of Natural History, also known for origami

the most trafficked animal in the world

first woman engineer at NASA

variant of chess where the pieces "explode"

myth of foreign ships being invisible to natives

little drawings of flies or bees in urinals

NYC's only wildlife hospital

art video game about marriage

when crime and corruption caused a third of the population or Rhode Island to lose access to their bank accounts

event space that almost burned down due to an eel in a fire hose, and later made "all your dreams come true" before it was demolished

one of the most successful jingle music groups in mid-20th century Chicago

devices used by people living in areas of conflict or under oppressive regimes to create pirate radio stations

social movement archive

compilation of psychedelic Cambodian rock music from just before the Khmer Rouge

former squat called the Batcave

cybernetic meadows...

landfill that a lot of people in Rhode Island think is the tallest point in the state (it's not though)

oldest nut company in the US, makers of ubiquitous displays of blue-packaged nuts/fruit

someone who led bird walks in Central Park for 40 years

how listening to music via headphones gives you a greater sense of control over your environment

one of the earliest sorta-kinda encyclopedias

beloved public bathroom

online black market

destroying ivory as an elephant conservation approach

journalistic technique for handling misinformation

dog memorialized in Green-Wood Cemetery

I tend to edit in waves, focusing on adding content for a while, then going into maintenance mode for a while. If you don't see me around here, there's a good chance I'm active over on Commons, or out in the world trying to take pictures for Commons.

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Rhododendrites

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Featured Pictures - the birds
Image 1Golden-crowned kinglet
Image 2Femalenorthern cardinalinCentral Park
Image 3Ruby-crowned kingletinGreen-Wood Cemetery
Image 4JuvenileForster's terncalling for its parent inJamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 5Male house sparrow in Prospect Park
Image 6Winter wrenin Prospect Park
Image 7Cape May warblerin Prospect Park
Image 8House sparrowsinCentral Park
Image 9Fish crowcawing inRed Hook, Brooklyn
Image 10Veeryin theCentral ParkRamble
Image 11Ring-billed gullin flight overRed Hook, Brooklyn
Image 12ApricotMandarin ducklinginRoyal Lazienki Park
Image 13Yellow-bellied sapsuckerinCentral Park
Image 14Ring-billed gullin a rainbow overNiagara Falls
Image 15Maleblack-throated green warblerinProspect Park
Image 16House finchwith a sunflower seed at a feeder inGreen-Wood Cemetery
Image 17RedheadinCentral Park
Image 18House wrendoing its besteelimpressionguarding its nestbox.
Image 19Northern mockingbirdon a fence inBay Ridge, Brooklyn
Image 20European starlinginCentral Park
Image 21Ovenbirdin Prospect Park
Image 22A rescuedAmerican kestrelthat couldn't be released so is now serving as an "ambassador" bird
Image 23Northern waterthrushby theCentral ParkPool
Image 24Canada goosegosling inGreen-Wood Cemetery
Image 25Great blue heronlurching its head back to swallow abrown watersnakeinGreen Cay Wetlands
Image 26Wood duckdrake vocalizing inCentral Park
Image 27Red-tailed hawkyearbook photo, class of 2022,Central Park
Image 28Femalebrown-headed cowbirdchattering inJamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 29Gray catbirdwith achokeberryinProspect Park
Image 30Marsh wrensinging atHammonasset Beach State Park
Image 31Blue jayinProspect Park
Image 32Malenorthern cardinalinCentral Park
Image 33European starlingson a birdhouse onStaten Island
Image 34Pine siskininGreen-Wood Cemetery
Image 35Northern cardinalfemale inCentral Park
Image 36Western tanagerwhich popped up in NYC, far from its usual range
Image 37Mute swancygnet pontoon on a duckweed-covered pond
Image 38Ospreysin a nest onSandy Hook, New Jersey
Image 39Marsh wrensinging atHammonasset Beach State Park
Image 40Black-and-white warblerin Prospect Park
Image 41Rehabilitatedeastern screech owl
Image 42Close-up of awhite-throated sparrowinCentral Park
Image 43White ibisinOcean City, New Jersey(I kind of prefer theuncropped version)
Image 44Malenorthern shovelerinMarine Park, Brooklyn
Image 45White-breasted nuthatchdoing its nuthatchy pose inGreen-Wood Cemetery
Image 46Killdeerat theSouth Cape May Meadows
Image 47Black-capped chickadeeat a feeder inGreen-Wood Cemetery
Image 48Field sparrowinCentral Park
Image 49Common grackleshowing off its iridescence inCentral Park
Image 50American tree sparrowinCentral Park
Image 51Great blue heroninGreen-Wood Cemetery
Image 52Downy woodpeckerwith a leaf on its nose inProspect Park
Image 53JuvenileAmerican robin
Image 54American cootin Prospect Park
Image 55Song sparrowon Lookout Hill in Prospect Park
Image 56American oystercatcherfamily portrait onFort Tildenbeach
Image 57Black-capped chickadeeeating seeds inCentral Park
Image 58Femalehooded merganserresting on theCentral Park Reservoir
Image 59Northern shovelerpair "shoveling" together inMarine Park, Brooklyn
Image 60Great egretstabbing the water inGreen-Wood Cemetery
Image 61Northern mockingbirdin a "tail up" display in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 62Ring-billed gullpreening/bathing inMarine Park, Brooklyn
Image 63Eastern wood peweeinCentral Park
Image 64A rescuedEurasian eagle-owl
Image 65Great blue heronon a frozen pond inGreen-Wood Cemetery
Image 66Snowy egret
Image 67Western gullsitting on a boat inSan Francisco Bay
Image 68American avocet
Image 69Immaturecooper's hawkinProspect Park
Image 70Red-tailed hawk,fearsome predator
Image 71Piping ploverchick in Queens, New York
Image 72Short-billed dowitcherin the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge East Pond
Image 73Cedar waxwinginpokeweedinProspect Park
Image 74Downy woodpeckerforaging inGreen-Wood Cemetery
Image 75Red-necked phalaropeat theJamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 76Lesser yellowlegswading at theJamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 77American robin
Image 78Palm warblerinGreen-Wood Cemetery
Image 79Tufted titmouse with a seed in Prospect Park
Image 80Brown creeperabout to be released at abird bandingstation in the United States
Image 81Red-tailed hawkrescue
Image 82Great black-backed gullin Quogue, NY
Image 83Bay-breasted warblerinCentral Park
Image 84Gray catbirdwatching a hawk fly overhead in theBrooklyn Botanic Garden
Image 85Huge flock of gulls (laughing gulls,mostly) just after they were spooked by something during ahorseshoe crabfeeding frenzy inCape May, New Jersey
Image 86Brown thrasher(snow-nosed variety) inCentral Park
Image 87Mandarin duckdrake in eclipse plumage inRoyal Lazienki Park
Image 88Tree swallowon a nest box inJamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 89Scarlet tanagereating a berry inGreen-Wood Cemetery
Image 90Ring-billed gullinRed Hook, Brooklyn
Image 91Chipping sparrowin Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 92Anna's hummingbirdin Pacifica, California
Image 93Green heroninProspect Park
Image 94Cedar waxwinginGreen-Wood Cemetery
Image 95Female/immatureBaltimore orioleinGreen-Wood Cemetery
Image 96Threering-billed gullsin Red Hook
Image 97Snowy egretinJamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 98American robinmaking a dog whistle-like alarm call in Prospect Park
Image 99Lesser yellowlegsatJamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 100Maleyellow-rumped warblersinging inGreen-Wood Cemetery
Image 101Juvenileyellow-bellied sapsuckerinProspect Park
Image 102Piping ploverin Queens
Image 103Femalewood duck
Image 104Gray catbirdinCentral Park
Image 105Purple martinin flight inCape May, New Jersey
Image 106Immaturemute swaninProspect Park
Image 107ImmatureAmerican herring gullmanipulating a clam inMarine Park, Brooklyn
Image 108First winterlaughing gullinRiverhead, New York
Image 109White-breasted nuthatchon a suet feeder inGreen-Wood Cemetery
Image 110Northern rough-winged swallowsin Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 111Blackpoll warbleramidflowering dogwoodleaves inGreen-Wood Cemetery
Image 112Semipalmated sandpiperatJamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 113White-throated sparrowinProspect Park
Image 114Blue jayfledgling calling for its parent inGreen-Wood Cemetery
Image 115Mourning doveperched inProspect Park, Brooklyn
Image 116Northern flickerlooking out from its nest in theCentral ParkNorth Woods
Image 117Mute swanand cygnets on aduckweed-covered pond
Image 118Tufted titmousefloofed up inCentral Park
Image 119Gray catbirdin Prospect Park
Featured Pictures - everything else
Image 1Bee balmseedhead
Image 2Hudson Yardsin New York, taken from the top of Hudson Commons (9-frame panorama)
Image 3Ship in the San Francisco Bay fog. Got lucky with the dramatic fog on this one, which opened up just enough to frame the ship in light.
Image 4Eastern chipmunkwith stuffed cheeks in Prospect Park
Image 5RJ Palacio
Image 6Comme des Garconsatthe Met
Image 7Ceiling mosaic in theSurrogate's Courthouse
Image 8Bigfin reef squidatMonterey Bay Aquarium
Image 9Hell Gate Bridge
Image 10White (eucistic)eastern gray squirrelperched on a tree inProspect Park
Image 11California sea lioninLa Jolla.My first experience seeing wild sea lions in person. It was... loud. This one just looked downright majestic in the sun.
Image 12QuogueVillage Wetlands Preserve
Image 13A cavapoo dog chasing a malipoo dog with a ball
Image 14SukkahatCongregation Emanu-El of New York
Image 15Burberryrainbow cape at theCamp: Notes on Fashionexhibition
Image 16Pond slidersinProspect Park
Image 17Toronto Reference Libraryinterior from the top floor
Image 18Black Lives Mattermural inGreenpoint, Brooklyn
Image 19American ladybutterfly in theBrooklyn Botanic Garden
Image 20Manhattan at night, looking north fromRockefeller Center
Image 21Sarracenia leucophylla
Image 22Green iguanapanorama inPalm Beach County
Image 23Jade vine(not made of candy)
Image 24Ash tree behind a columbarium in Mount Auburn Cemetery
Image 25Rooftop farm on theLower East Side
Image 26Monarch butterfly
Image 27Saint Christopher Street inValletta
Image 28Old Hook Mill
Image 29Daubeny'swater lily
Image 30A [pretty dodgy] bridge along a cliff path at the edge ofMakhtesh Ramon
Image 31Condenser at the defunctChestnut Hill Pumping Station
Image 32A mural of patients in the long-defunctEllis Island Immigrant Hospital
Image 33Open Ocean exhibit atMonterey Bay Aquarium
Image 34Gaillardia
Image 35Alexander Hamilton Custom HouseCollector's Room ceiling. Had to be a bit obnoxious to get this one, setting up a little tripod in the center of a crowded room and actually getting down on the floor to frame it. Who doesn't like a nice ornate ceiling with a nautical theme, though?
Image 36JuvenileNubian ibexon a wall at the edge ofMakhtesh Ramon
Image 37Hell Gate Bridge,with a scow being towed along theHell Gatesection of theEast River
Image 38Algal matinMarine Park, Brooklyn
Image 39Quarry inMakhtesh Ramon
Image 40Magnolia x veitchiibud
Image 41Moss-coveredoaktrees in theBothe-Napa Valley State Park
Image 42Immature maleblue dasher
Image 43Bluebellsin theBrooklyn Botanic Garden
Image 44Monarch butterflycaterpillar onbutterfly weed
Image 45Coney Island Mermaid Parade
Image 46Northern elephant sealsin Ano Nuevo, California
Image 47TheOculus
Image 48Glass blower. This was moments before he accidentally dropped it. Heartbreaking (and vasebreaking). Talented folks here, though, and I actually went back a while later and took a class. Got a piece of lit up frozen spaghetti to prove it.
Image 49Sasheer Zamataat aTime's Upevent during theTribeca Film Festival
Image 50Two juvenileNubian ibex
Image 51Memorial to the victims of theOrlando nightclub shooting,taken at theStonewall Innjust after it was designated part of aNational Monument
Image 52Abandoned car inMarine Park, Brooklyn
Image 53Makhtesh Ramon
Image 54White (leucistic)eastern gray squirrelwith a peanut
Image 55Optical illusion on the floor of theFlorence Cathedral
Image 56Crook Point Bascule Bridgein Providence. It's been stuck in the open position for 50 years. A local landmark, but slated for destruction soon.
Image 57One World Trade Centerthrough theOculus
Image 58Great golden digger waspinBrooklyn Botanic Garden
Image 59Composite of aclementinewith/without peel
Image 60Pier 66andHudson Yards
Image 61Familiar bluetin the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 62Eastern gray squirrelinCentral Park
Image 63Chinese mantisoothecainMarine Park, Brooklyn
Image 64Triq San Patrizju facingBasilica Our Lady of Mount Carmelin Valletta, Malta
Image 65Abandoned building inFloyd Bennett Field
Image 66Prospect ParkVale of Cashmere covered inlesser celandine,with aleucisticwhitesquirrelin the distance
Image 67Monarch butterfly
Image 68An island (withospreys) inTrustom Pondin the fog
Image 69Panorama of theApennine Colossusin Tuscany
Image 70Eastern amberwing
Image 71Window in a cafe inSan Gimignano, Italy
Image 72Maletiger swallowtailbutterfly in Central Park (missing its tails)
Image 73TheDyker Heightsneighborhood of Brooklyn is known for lots of elaborateChristmas lights,earning the nickname "Dyker Lights"
Image 74The Seaside Sanatoriumin Connecticut
Image 75Stata Centerat MIT
Image 76Crocusesin early spring.
Image 77Wonder Wheelsign onConey Island
Image 78A mural of patients in the long-defunctEllis Island Immigrant Hospital
Image 79City Hall Stationin Manhattan, abandoned since 1945 because it looked cool but didn't
Image 80CattliantheGold Digger ‘Orglade's Mandarin’ orchid
Image 81Lincoln Centerduring Pride at dusk
Image 82Boston Public Garden
Image 83Coleus
Image 84Jamaica Bay Wildlife RefugeEast Pond
Image 85Lower Manhattanpanorama
Image 86Waldemarsviken in Stockholm
Image 87Panorama of the once-active waterfront ofSunset Park, Brooklyn
Image 88Eldridge Street Synagogue
Image 89Rice paper butterfly with light shining through in Butterfly World, Florida
Image 90Sunset sky overGovernors Island,NYC (panorama)
Image 91Fulton Centerskylight
Image 92Red squirrelinRoyal Lazienki Park
Image 93Pond sliders(red and yellow) and ariver cooterfighting for basking space
Image 94Salixcatkins
Image 95TWA Hotel
Image 96Bow BridgeinCentral Park(panorama)
Image 97Maleeastern amberwingdragonfly in theBrooklyn Botanic Garden
Image 98DefunctChestnut Hill Pumping Stationin Boston
Image 99Florenceseen from theDuomoterrace
Image 100Maleelephant sealresting between fights inAno Nuevo
Image 101Pyrosoma atlanticum.Took me a while to figure out what on earth this was. Found in a tidepool in Monterey.
Image 102Maroon Bells
Image 103Group photo of four pears
Image 104Maroon Bells.Easily one of the most awe-inspiring natural scenes I've experienced.
Image 105Frizzle sizzle
Image 106Palace of Fine Artsin San Francisco (18-frame panorama)
Image 107RaccooninCentral Park
Image 108Redbeckia occidentalis
Image 109Common buckeyeinEagle Creek Park,Indianapolis
Image 110Razor clamshelldress byAlexander McQueenfrom spring/summer 2001, in theSleeping Beautiesexhibition at The Met
Image 111Coney Island Mermaid Parade(no, this is not a picture of Rhododendrites)
Image 112Eastern cicada killerperched on ablack-eyed susan
Image 113Jun Takahashidress for Undercover in theSleeping Beautiesexhibition at the Met
Image 114California sea lionnap time atLa Jolla Cove

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