I mainly work on articles relating to southern England and rivers and Roman roads, plus anything else that catches my interest. I take lots of photos wherever I go to upload to commons.
The acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) is a bird in the woodpecker family, Picidae. It is found across Central America, as well as the western United States and parts of Colombia. A medium-sized bird, it has a length of around 20 cm and is mostly black, and adult males have a red cap starting at the forehead and females a black area between the forehead and the cap. As their name implies, acorn woodpeckers are heavily dependent on acorns for food, which they store in small holes that they drill into trees, known as "granaries" or "storage trees". This acorn woodpecker was photographed in the grounds of California State University, Chico, United States.Photograph credit: Frank Schulenburg
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For the incredibly helpful work and time you put into getting Gungnyeo and Musuri to have clearer descriptions, I, award Charlesdrakew this copyeditor's barnstar. Thank you so much. Keep up the good work!Caspian blue 20:16, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
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For ORIGINALly helping me when I was a new Wikipedian. Thanks to you, I am where I am today. The Arbiter★★★ 23:45, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
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Please, accept this well-earned reward for your efforts here on Wikipedia, friend! May you continue to aid others and devote your fine skill to editing articles here! God bless you! Celestialwarden11 (talk) 21:33, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
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I'm really impressed how you turned a tense situation regarding the Councils/tobacco situation into a way to welcome and teach a newbie. Cheers! A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 12:58, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
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You rock! Thanks for being an awesome Wikipedian and helping so much! Theopolisme (talk) 21:17, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
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Congratulations on hitting 25k in edits!! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia, Charles :) SarahStierch (talk) 22:46, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks Kisulius (talk) 08:46, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
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