User: 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

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

site of a chocolate 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"

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

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.

I'm involved with WikiNYC and engage in a variety of Wikipedia-related activities both online and offline. Leave me a message if you want to talk about Wikipedia research, Wikipedia in education, or New York-area events/partnerships.

Rhododendrites

rhododendrites AT gmail DOT com

@Antisomniac

Gallery on Commons (FP-VI-QI)

Featured Pictures - the birds
Image 1Mute swan cygnet pontoon on a duckweed-covered pond
Image 2Semipalmated sandpiper at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 3Song sparrow on Lookout Hill in Prospect Park
Image 4Downy woodpecker foraging in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 5Short-billed dowitcher in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge East Pond
Image 6Female northern cardinal in Central Park
Image 7Ring-billed gull in flight over Red Hook, Brooklyn
Image 8Tufted titmouse floofed up in Central Park
Image 9Canada goose gosling in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 10Marsh wren singing at Hammonasset Beach State Park
Image 11Northern mockingbird on a fence in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Image 12Juvenile Forster's tern calling for its parent in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 13Fish crow cawing in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Image 14Winter wren in Prospect Park
Image 15Marsh wren singing at Hammonasset Beach State Park
Image 16Gray catbird with a chokeberry in Prospect Park
Image 17House sparrows in Central Park
Image 18Northern cardinal female in Central Park
Image 19Great egret stabbing the water in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 20Red-tailed hawk rescue
Image 21Blue jay fledgling calling for its parent in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 22Snowy egret in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 23Cedar waxwing in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 24Downy woodpecker with a leaf on its nose in Prospect Park
Image 25Western gull sitting on a boat in San Francisco Bay
Image 26Gray catbird in Prospect Park
Image 27White-throated sparrow in Prospect Park
Image 28Northern shoveler pair "shoveling" together in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Image 29Northern flicker looking out from its nest in the Central Park North Woods
Image 30Mourning dove perched in Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Image 31A rescued American kestrel that couldn't be released so is now serving as an "ambassador" bird
Image 32Redhead in Central Park
Image 33Wood duck drake vocalizing in Central Park
Image 34Immature mute swan in Prospect Park
Image 35American tree sparrow in Central Park
Image 36Cedar waxwing in pokeweed in Prospect Park
Image 37Field sparrow in Central Park
Image 38Eastern wood pewee in Central Park
Image 39American oystercatcher family portrait on Fort Tilden beach
Image 40Common grackle showing off its iridescence in Central Park
Image 41Golden-crowned kinglet
Image 42Anna's hummingbird in Pacifica, California
Image 43Northern mockingbird in a "tail up" display in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 44Immature cooper's hawk in Prospect Park
Image 45Close-up of a white-throated sparrow in Central Park
Image 46European starling in Central Park
Image 47Great black-backed gull in Quogue, NY
Image 48Bay-breasted warbler in Central Park
Image 49Veery in the Central Park Ramble
Image 50Female/immature Baltimore oriole in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 51Immature American herring gull manipulating a clam in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Image 52Ring-billed gull preening/bathing in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Image 53Ospreys in a nest on Sandy Hook, New Jersey
Image 54House wren doing its best eel impression guarding its nestbox.
Image 55White-breasted nuthatch on a suet feeder in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 56Blue jay in Prospect Park
Image 57House finch with a sunflower seed at a feeder in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 58Ovenbird in Prospect Park
Image 59Northern waterthrush by the Central Park Pool
Image 60Great blue heron lurching its head back to swallow a brown watersnake in Green Cay Wetlands
Image 61Female brown-headed cowbird chattering in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 62Juvenile yellow-bellied sapsucker in Prospect Park
Image 63Great blue heron on a frozen pond in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 64Male northern shoveler in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Image 65Ring-billed gull in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Image 66Scarlet tanager eating a berry in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 67Male house sparrow in Prospect Park
Image 68Tree swallow on a nest box in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 69Tufted titmouse with a seed in Prospect Park
Image 70Green heron in Prospect Park
Image 71Lesser yellowlegs wading at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 72A rescued Eurasian eagle-owl
Image 73Piping plover in Queens
Image 74Three ring-billed gulls in Red Hook
Image 75Cape May warbler in Prospect Park
Image 76Western tanager which popped up in NYC, far from its usual range
Image 77Chipping sparrow in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 78Red-necked phalarope at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 79Piping plover chick in Queens, New York
Image 80Rehabilitated eastern screech owl
Image 81Male northern cardinal in Central Park
Image 82Juvenile American robin
Image 83European starlings on a birdhouse on Staten Island
Image 84Ring-billed gull in a rainbow over Niagara Falls
Image 85Yellow-bellied sapsucker in Central Park
Image 86American coot in Prospect Park
Image 87Blackpoll warbler amid flowering dogwood leaves in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 88Red-tailed hawk yearbook photo, class of 2022, Central Park
Image 89Great blue heron in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 90White-breasted nuthatch doing its nuthatchy pose in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 91Black-and-white warbler in Prospect Park
Image 92First winter laughing gull in Riverhead, New York
Image 93Lesser yellowlegs at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 94Ruby-crowned kinglet in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 95Gray catbird in Central Park
Image 96Mute swan and cygnets on a duckweed-covered pond
Image 97American robin making a dog whistle-like alarm call in Prospect Park
Image 98Northern rough-winged swallows in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 99Brown thrasher (snow-nosed variety) in Central Park
Featured Pictures - everything else
Image 1Hell Gate Bridge
Image 2Frizzle sizzle
Image 3Male tiger swallowtail butterfly in Central Park (missing its tails)
Image 4Eastern chipmunk with stuffed cheeks in Prospect Park
Image 5Coleus
Image 6Composite of a clementine with/without peel
Image 7Salix catkins
Image 8Stata Center at MIT
Image 9Glass 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 10Manhattan at night, looking north from Rockefeller Center
Image 11Old Hook Mill
Image 12TWA Hotel
Image 13Alexander Hamilton Custom House Collector'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 14A mural of patients in the long-defunct Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital
Image 15California sea lion in La Jolla. My first experience seeing wild sea lions in person. It was ... loud. This one just looked downright majestic in the sun.
Image 16Defunct Chestnut Hill Pumping Station in Boston
Image 17Black Lives Matter mural in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Image 18Pyrosoma atlanticum. Took me a while to figure out what on earth this was. Found in a tidepool in Monterey.
Image 19Optical illusion on the floor of the Florence Cathedral
Image 20Sukkah at Congregation Emanu-El of New York
Image 21Window in a cafe in San Gimignano, Italy
Image 22Bow Bridge in Central Park (panorama)
Image 23Maroon Bells. Easily one of the most awe-inspiring natural scenes I've experienced.
Image 24Eastern gray squirrel in Central Park
Image 25Coney Island Mermaid Parade (no, this is not a picture of Rhododendrites)
Image 26Bigfin reef squid at Monterey Bay Aquarium
Image 27Two juvenile Nubian ibex
Image 28Comme des Garcons at the Met
Image 29Pond sliders (red and yellow) and a river cooter fighting for basking space
Image 30Waldemarsviken in Stockholm
Image 31Juvenile Nubian ibex on a wall at the edge of Makhtesh Ramon
Image 32Northern elephant seals in Ano Nuevo, California
Image 33Memorial to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting, taken at the Stonewall Inn just after it was designated part of a National Monument
Image 34One World Trade Center through the Oculus
Image 35Crook Point Bascule Bridge in Providence. It's been stuck in the open position for 50 years. A local landmark, but slated for destruction soon.
Image 36Pier 66 and Hudson Yards
Image 37Male elephant seal resting between fights in Ano Nuevo
Image 38A mural of patients in the long-defunct Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital
Image 39RJ Palacio
Image 40Great golden digger wasp in Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Image 41Rooftop farm on the Lower East Side
Image 42The Dyker Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn is known for lots of elaborate Christmas lights, earning the nickname "Dyker Lights"
Image 43Sarracenia leucophylla
Image 44Group photo of four pears
Image 45An island (with ospreys) in Trustom Pond in the fog
Image 46Quogue Village Wetlands Preserve
Image 47Crocuses in early spring.
Image 48Redbeckia occidentalis
Image 49Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge East Pond
Image 50Rice paper butterfly with light shining through in Butterfly World, Florida
Image 51Maroon Bells
Image 52Gaillardia
Image 53Magnolia x veitchii bud
Image 54Sasheer Zamata at a Time's Up event during the Tribeca Film Festival
Image 55Ship 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 56Bee balm seedhead
Image 57Sunset sky over Governors Island, NYC (panorama)
Image 58Monarch butterfly
Image 59A [pretty dodgy] bridge along a cliff path at the edge of Makhtesh Ramon
Image 60Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco (18-frame panorama)
Image 61Lower Manhattan panorama
Image 62Daubeny's water lily
Image 63Fulton Center skylight
Image 64Male eastern amberwing dragonfly in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Image 65Coney Island Mermaid Parade
Image 66Ceiling mosaic in the Surrogate's Courthouse
Image 67American lady butterfly in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Image 68Pond sliders in Prospect Park
Image 69Familiar bluet in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 70City Hall Station in Manhattan, abandoned since 1945 because it looked cool but didn't
Image 71Jade vine (not made of candy)
Image 72White (leucistic) eastern gray squirrel with a peanut
Image 73Hudson Yards in New York, taken from the top of Hudson Commons (9-frame panorama)
Image 74Open Ocean exhibit at Monterey Bay Aquarium
Image 75Monarch butterfly
Image 76Panorama of the Apennine Colossus in Tuscany
Image 77Abandoned car in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Image 78Condenser at the defunct Chestnut Hill Pumping Station
Image 79Cattlianthe Gold Digger ‘Orglade's Mandarin’ orchid
Image 80Moss-covered oak trees in the Bothe-Napa Valley State Park
Image 81Raccoon in Central Park
Image 82Quarry in Makhtesh Ramon
Image 83Burberry rainbow cape at the Camp: Notes on Fashion exhibition
Image 84The Oculus
Image 85Ash tree behind a columbarium in Mount Auburn Cemetery
Image 86Abandoned building in Floyd Bennett Field
Image 87California sea lion nap time at La Jolla Cove
Image 88Eldridge Street Synagogue
Image 89White (eucistic) eastern gray squirrel perched on a tree in Prospect Park
Image 90Lincoln Center during Pride at dusk
Image 91Panorama of the once-active waterfront of Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Image 92Makhtesh Ramon
Image 93Green iguana panorama in Palm Beach County
Image 94Boston Public Garden

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