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Talk:C. V. Wood

message: Comment from User:Englishboy
:"And here's what's wrong with Wikipedia: (1) this article has the wrong birth year (1920, NOT 1922), (2) the wrong list of nicknames (never "C.V.," but Woody, Wood, or Woodsy, (3) NOT the Chief Designer of Disneyland, as he had nothing to do with design, but the first general manager and vice president, oversee the project, lessees, employment, promotion, and outside sales, (4) the air craft manufacture was located in San Diego, not Texas, (5) he was not born in Texas, rather in Oklahoma, (6) One of the non-Disney theme parks lasted longer than "a few years," as Pleasure Island was open for 10 (1959-1969), and (7) Aside from Freedomland, Wood never really worked as a designer, more as a consultant, salesman, and packager, which sometimes meant he hired designers."
I'm checking this out now... Herostratus 04:11, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Errors

message: Hello, this article suffers from many of the usual Wiki-problems.  (1) Date of birth is off by YEARS. (2) Not the chief designer of Disneyland.  (3) aircraft manufacturer NOT located in his native Texas.  (4) Texas is NOT is native state.  (5) Played NO role in the design of Disneyland.  (6) Wood did little or no design work on Magic Mountain (in Denver). (7) At least one of these listed amusement parks did in fact last "longer than a few years before closing."  (moved from article to this talk page by Herostratus 06:28, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Again from Englishboy
Talk:Fox sparrow

message: I've started a revision of this page. I broke it into new sections and as a result, some of them are light on details. 
Here are pieces of information I am planning to add when I have the time but others please feel free to add any of this (as long as you cite your references.)
Under Description: Obviously there are disagreements about subspecies but this section could still be fleshed out. 
Under Reproduction: Breeding season, courtship behavior, nest location and materials, description of eggs and clutch size, incubation time, fledge time, 
Kirkmona (talk) 19:53, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: To Do List

message: It would be helpful to have added the wintering range rather than only the breeding range (map or at least a general description) 2600:1003:B131:B033:3021:8219:D835:C0AC (talk) 20:47, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested addition - winter range
Talk:Fulvous whistling duck

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thread_title:  [[:File:Dendrocygna bicolor wilhelma.jpg]] to appear as POTD soon 

message: Hi Jim, sorry it took me so long to get back to you on this... had a bout of the flu.
*Dendrocygna is derived from the Ancient Greek dendron ... - Except you just mentioned the initial name as Anas bicolor, and have not discussed dendrocygna yet
* maximum known age is 6·5 years - ? Do you mean 6.5 or 5 to 6?
Very ready for GAC, although I am not familiar enough with the topic area to talk about FAC. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:31, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Done Jimfbleak -  talk to me? 06:40, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments from Crisco

message: This specific species is mentioned somewhat at length in an episode of Stargate SG-1. Not sure if this is significant enough.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/StargateSG1S10E5Uninvited  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.9.218.11 (talk) 17:18, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: In Popular Culture section suggestion

message: I noted that this page did not have the category Breeds of Ducks that is present on other Duck pages and added it.  I note that the category was removed.  Might there be a reason why?  Should that category be removed from the other Duck pages? Tigey (talk) 09:10, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I reverted your edit because :Category:Duck_breeds is for domesticated and human-selected "breeds" - this is a wild species that is not kept by poulterers/duck-breeders/duck-farmers.  Shyamal (talk) 09:18, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inclusion of Category: Breeds of Ducks reverted
Talk:Glaucous gull

message: "These gulls range from 55 to 77 cm (22 to 30 in) in length and can span 132 to 170 cm (52 to 67 in), with some specimens possibly attaining 182 cm (72 in), across the wings."
Since "span" can mean a number of things I think this refers to wingspan so:
 ...length, with a wingspan of 132 to 170 cm ... possibly attaining a wingspan of 182 cm...
With a max, combined wing chord of 100 cm a total wingspan of 170 cm sounds about right
-rudyard (talk) 03:57, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Odd phrasing in measurements
Talk:Golden-cheeked warbler

message: I just saw them today at Balcones National Wildlife Refuge - should that be added to the list? It’s very well documented that they are there. 2603:8080:1800:46A3:105D:9714:D3B5:CC05 (talk) 21:06, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distribution and Habitat
Talk:Golden-crowned kinglet

message: One of the sentences in the article says, "Northern birds remain further north in winter than the Ruby-crowned Kinglet."  This doesn't make a lot of sense, or at least is extremely ambiguous.  Does anyone know what it's attempting to say?  The language needs to be clarified.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ichneumon (talk • contribs) 00:59, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: According to Bernd Heinrich, GCKs either migrate or don't. Both options have low survival rates (hence the high reproduction rate), but by splitting the survival bet between the two options, the species has a better chance of surviving if severe weather wipes out those that stay or those that go. David notMD (talk) 12:51, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Um, what? 

message: In Upstate New York, I witnessed GCKI only during migration, whereas many range maps show them year-round or wintering there. Aythya affinis (talk) 14:40, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Range; migration
Talk:Grackle

message: do you guys want this to be a DAB page?! because that is what it looks like! Abc123456person (talk) 04:10, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: That is what it should be I think. Sabine's Sunbird  talk 19:06, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree. Shyamal (talk) 04:10, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: DAB page
Talk:Grasshopper sparrow

message: hi folks. Members of Alice Boyle's lab at Kansas State University want to turn this into a first rate page! Many of us have been working on this species for several years and look forward to improving the content and media for this species.  Birdfiddler (talk) 23:10, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  fall 2022: Boyle lab will be editing this page
Talk:Gray catbird

message: Had one in my blue Jays peanuts and it took it and off it went. So they like peanuts 98.117.163.15 (talk) 14:03, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peanuts
Talk:Q-ball

message: In Light of Wikipedia's Mission, Topic should also include language understandable for Non-Scientists.
Wikipedia is a public use online encyclopedia. The audience is the general public. Therefore the science jargon this article should be in parallel to lay descriptions for the average reader.      
(OK to have science language as long as it is also translated and explained for the average reader. There is no such translation here, meaning you have to be a physicist to understand it).
Sean7phil (talk) 17:25, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Language of this Article is Too Technical

message: The "min=" equation near the end of the "thin-wall Q-ball" section is mangled. Or at least, I can't understand it.
Also, I have never heard of a thin-wall Q-ball being called a "Coleman Q-ball". Could you provide evidence that this is a common practice? Dark Formal (talk) 23:23, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  New material 

message: This page should be called Q-ball, but there is a redirect with two edits at that location.  The appropriate request has now been made. Archelon (talk) 19:14, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename 

message: In Sliders, Quinn is given the nickname by Rembrandt Brown, an R&B singer. To suggest that the nickname refers to a fairly obscure area of theoretical physics is far from justified. The nickname might refer to Quinn's last name, or it might refer to Quinn being an egghead (a "cue-ball head") in Rembrandt's estimation. It's VERY unlikely that there is any implied reference to solitons. rowley (talk) 23:11, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Sliders Reference
Talk:Great knot

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thread_title:  [[:File:Calidris tenuirostris - Laem Phak Bia.jpg]] to appear as POTD 
Talk:QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

message: Feynman says that light can enter and pass through a presumably opaque sided passageway, and then out through 2 holes at the end, which is consistent with light being a form of massless energy in translation. Then he says that if the holes are a certain distance apart, the light rays will cancel each other out. That's where I get lost. I can see energy redistribution and interference, but cancelling out of light energy? Which one would be + and which -? Anybody got ideas?WFPM (talk) 18:25, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The discussion page is a page to discuss the WP article, not a page to discuss the book. You might want to ask your question on physicsforums.com. --75.83.69.196 (talk) 03:45, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Late to the query, but instead of snarking, it is not an issue of charge (+/-), it is merely the holes being the *right* distance apart relative to their energy (frequency) so as to allow for destructive interference-- canceling out of emitted light waves. WurmWoodeT 18:04, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cancelling out of light.
Talk:Greater roadrunner

message: Do we really need to mention, "unlike the cartoon, the song of this bird is a dove-like coo, not beep-beep"? Does anybody thin the real bird is the same as the cartoon? Also, can anybody substantiate the claim the chaparral can lower its body temperature?  Trekphiler 10:34, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, roadrunners make a very loud, rattling cry. It's quite frightening if you're not expecting it. I've never heard any dove-like cooing. 67.49.247.73 03:31, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

text: I've heard several recording of the dove-like cooing. In person I've heard the clattering of the mandibles (if that's really what it is). Rsduhamel (talk) 05:33, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Calling [[Mel Blanc]]

message: Why does this article fail to mention the general size and weight of the bird, mating habts, etc.? Alot of important details are missing.  Alan--24.184.184.177 20:53, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Some of this information is in the geococcyx article and should be moved here. Rsduhamel (talk) 05:35, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Important Details 

message: With a name like Roadrunner, there's gotta be something worth mentioning on its origins. BillyTFried (talk) 07:50, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology please?

message: The distribution map is wrong. I see Greater Roadrunners in Albuquerque all the time.76.113.104.58 (talk) 03:12, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map needs updating 

message: The article until today claimed that the bird "can run at speeds of up to 26 miles per hour (42 km/h).[8]", but the source actually says "up to 20 mph" and "close to 20 mph". This edit changed the value to 26mph and added the fastest running claim, backed up by a webpage claiming to list records from "The Bird Almanac". -- Matthead  Discuß   13:15, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Speed 

message: according to desertusa "Roadrunners are occasionally preyed upon by hawks, house cats, raccoons, rat snakes, bullsnakes, skunks, and, coyotes eat nestlings and eggs. During the winter months, many succumb to freezing, icy weather."
if house cats pray on them it seems vary likely that bobcats do so also as the two species ranges overlap. for more information see http://www.desertusa.com/birds/roadrunner-bird.html  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.245.243.173 (talk) 21:09, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  predators
Talk:Green-winged teal

message: Somebody please add Conservation Status, like on other ducks. Is it least consern?
Added. Yes, it is least concern.
NCBioTeacher (talk) 06:50, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conservation Status 
Talk:Green heron

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replies: text: I would much prefer to see the word "individual" rather than "specimen".__DrChrissy (talk) 14:38, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:File:Butorides virescens2.jpg]]
Talk:Green parakeet

message: , there is a reason why the species was not described as "native" in this article before you tried to ram it in: the native status is disputed. Here is the relevant assessment from an authoritative source (Uehling, J. J., Tallant, J., & Pruett-Jones, S. (2019). Status of naturalized parrots in the United States. Journal of Ornithology, 1-15.):
That is the current expert assessment of the native status of this species (not whether they are currently present - that is indisputable). The jury is out on it. This sourcing does not give us license to boldy proclaim that this is a native species. The current discussion as present in the article gives a balanced, view, and that is what is required. Accordingly I have removed your statements re "native". Please be advised that as per WP:BRD, it constitutes editwarring if you re-insert these without a consensus, achieved here or in another relevant forum. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 20:25, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Native status 

message: I’m no birder or ornithologist but pretty certain we just walked by a nest of them and not for the first time, in Dallas 2600:100C:B214:71C8:E15B:65D8:12A7:8BB8 (talk) 21:22, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Also in Dallas, TX
Talk:Grey-tailed tattler

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thread_title:  [[:File:Tringa brevipes.jpg]] to appear as POTD soon 
Talk:Guan (surname)

message: I think this page needs a link to Kwoon - a common spelling of guǎn in the world of gong fu.
81.179.67.166 15:46, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The Guan are also an ethnic group living in northcentral Ghana  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.246.104.101 (talk) 11:15, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ghana People 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover)  ASUKITE 14:37, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 31 August 2022
Talk:Gull-billed tern

message: Is this the same species that is currently being petetioned for listing under the endangered species act in the United States?
This is the current reference to which I refer: .  
I don't understand how it could go from least concern as it is listed here to a petetion for endangered if it is the same species or is there another species called the Gull-billed tern? 68.111.246.29 (talk) 20:56, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The petition refers only to the western population/subspecies, not to the US population as a whole, which is not at risk. Also, the "least concern" is the bird's global status, not its US status. This is a common breeding species in warm parts of Asia, Africa and Europe. jimfbleak (talk) 05:54, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed listing under the endangered species act 

message: For later....here Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:05, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Bookmarks
Talk:Harlequin duck

message: Citations need to be included within the body of the text. Luzingit (talk) 03:12, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Citations needed

message: I found no support for this.  Canadian legislation (Species At Risk Act) listed it as endangered in 1990, but a large population was found in Greenland so it was changed to less-threatened "species of special concern" in the East as I understand.  If the population is not endangered, this uncited assertion should be removed.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mare Nostrum (talk • contribs) 06:52, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Is the Eastern North American population really endangered?
Talk:Hooded merganser

message: Hi. I wanted to ask one thing. (I am not primarily a birder, more of a mollusk person.) I do not understand this section which I have just made into a separate paragraph: "Although they have occurred as vagrants to Europe, this attractive species is so common in collections that only a ringed bird would be likely to be accepted as anything other than an escape." What does "collections" mean? To me the word collections means museum collections, but here I suppose it means when people keep a selection of ornamental birds on their property like Muscovy ducks, peafowl and so on? If that is what it means can we please make this sentence a lot clearer?  I think maybe it needs rewriting to clarify it. Thanks. Invertzoo (talk) 15:28, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

message: If it does not belong to the merganser genus, in what sense is it a merganser, other than its common name?  Either this article, or the merganser article, needs clarification i think. 2601:188:C302:ABB0:1D8:102E:89A5:DDD4 (talk) 20:24, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: This is handled in the third paragraph of merganser. Perhaps a similar piece can be added to this article. - UtherSRG (talk) 20:27, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: ...and done! - UtherSRG (talk) 21:06, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is it a merganser?
Talk:Horned puffin

message: Reading old books about Alaska one comes across the term 'sea parrot.' Was this species the sea parrot? Apparently it was a food item for indigenous peoples of the coast.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:3597:3400:214F:5E05:911D:7CAA (talk) 05:13, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Sea parrot of old?
Talk:House wren

message: What do they eat?     I have not seen them eating from my blueberry bushes which makes me wonder why not. Fencelizard (talk) 10:34, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  No mention of diet?     
Talk:Indigo bunting

message: "The song of this bird is a high-pitched buzzed sweet-sweet chew-chew sweet-sweet." Is there a more formal way of writing this, or is this the formal way? Zombiflava 01:05, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the information 🙂 72.73.29.251 (talk) 14:13, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Caw

message: The tit mouse is a beautiful bird it is shy and also curious.  72.73.29.251 (talk) 14:12, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tit mouse
Talk:WSP USA

message: I can find no reference to this project on the page.  There is a link to this page on the Big Dig page in Wiki, but on reading this page, that project is oddly missing.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rollingdog (talk • contribs) 15:25, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Central Artery/Tunnel Project, or The Big Dig 

message: I just chopped out all the projects etc for which articles do not exist. If they are notable, someone should create articles about them, otherwise this is in danger of becoming an indiscriminate list of projects for the sole purpose of touting the company's business. The remaining list should probably be cut down even further to create a truly representative list (maybe 2 or 3 per category) for the same reason. – ukexpat (talk) 19:14, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spaminess 

message: The article is dangerously devoid of sources -- where does this information come from? 70.174.54.112 (talk) 10:34, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: * Specific text to be added or removed: homepage     =  in the sidebar.
* Reason for the change: the specific homepage for WSP in the USA branch is https://www.wsp.com/en-us - having the generic domain without the USA locale is hurting our search results since Google is using Wikipedia to identify the company, and they are overriding other countries with WSP USA because of this. Moreover, if people in other countries access WSP.com they will be redirected to the locale of that country via geolocation rules, so if we want to show what is the homepage of the USA branch, it would be https://www.wsp.com/en-us
* References supporting change: https://www.wsp.com/en-us
Thank you for your time!
165.225.212.82 (talk) 17:24, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Done  Lightoil (talk) 05:48, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some proposed changes
Talk:Junco

message: I've two pocket birding guides with me.
Sibley _Field Guide to Birds of Western North American_ says Yellow-eyed Junco is J. phaeonotus.
So does the _National Audubon Field Guide to North American Birds_.
What sort of verification is needed, and of what?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.191.151.139 (talk) 00:37, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's the "verification needed" on "Yellow-eyed Junco, Junco" supposed to mean? 

message: Despite the first paragraph the plants Juncus prefer wet habitats for instance near streems.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.40.180.12 (talk) 02:38, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Juncus
Talk:Kelp gull

message: In New Zealand, the "young" birds' (referred to, in my experience, as juveniles) plumage is quite different to the adults, a mottled grey-brown, with none of the pied character of the adults, though they're usually quite the same size.  This seems to me not communicated by the sentence "Young birds have scaly black-brown upperparts, and a neat wing pattern".  
I wonder if this shows variation in the species, and whether a photo of a young bird would be useful addition to the gallery.
:Thanks to DickDaniels, there's now such a photo.  Jlittlenz (talk) 07:46, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Young birds' plumage 

message: The one from Big Sur looks a little suspicious.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.77.172 (talk) 01:40, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does one of the images actually depict a western gull? 

message: The photo in the "Behaviour" section is not of a kelp gull, nor any species of gull - it is a brown skua (which is in a different family of seabirds). I've changed the caption so that it no longer wrongly states that it is a kelp gull, but I don't have a photo to replace it with.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.173.23.250 (talk) 13:54, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect species