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About me

This editor is a
**Senior Editor III**
and is entitled to display this Rhodium
Editor Star.

This user has been editing Wikipedia for more than 15 years.

This user has been awarded an Imperial Triple Crown.

This user has written or significantly contributed to 2 featured lists on Wikipedia.

This user has written or significantly contributed to 6 Featured articles on Wikipedia.

This user has helped promote 7 good articles on Wikipedia.

This user has written or expanded 27 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page.

This user has access to JSTOR through The Wikipedia Library.

This user is a biologist.

This user is a birder.

This user is a history buff.

This user enjoys writing.

This user is a Boilermaker.

This user is a member of
WikiProject Birds.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Fungi.

This user lives in the United Kingdom.

This user participated in the 2015 WikiCup.

This user participated in the 2021 WikiCup.

This user has been awarded an Imperial Napoleonic Triple Crown.

This user supports the Sustainability Initiative to reduce the foundation's environmental impact.

This user is a member of the lichen task force.

This user likes lichens.

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Contributions

My uploaded photos (in WikiCommons)

American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) eggs and nest
Copper-rumped Hummingbird (Amazilia tobaci)
Spectacled Thrush (Turdus nudigenis)
Perched female Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)
Perched male Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
Perched male Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
Male Coppery-headed Emerald (Elvira cupreiceps)
Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti)
Physcia caesia
Haematomma ochroleucum

DYKs

My own articles

... that whistling kites in Australia primarily hunt live prey, while those in New Guinea are principally scavengers?
... that some species of waterfowl lose all their flight feathers (pictured) at once while moulting, rendering them incapable of flight?}
... that although the South American bittern is widespread, much about its life history remains little-known, due to its skulking habits?
... that despite only being eight inches tall, the tiny hawk, a raptor found throughout much of the central neotropics, successfully hunts hummingbirds?
... that bird nests range in size from the tiny one inch high cup of some hummingbirds to the massive five meter high mounds of some Dusky Scrubfowl?
... that Fernandina's flicker (Colaptes fernandinae), a woodpecker endemic to Cuba, is threatened by habitat loss and now there are fewer than 800 left in the world?
... that the feathers of the red warbler contain alkaloids, which make the birds unpalatable?
... that volcanic eruptions may have contributed to the population decline of the pink-headed warbler?
... that the vegetarian finch has a disproportionately large gizzard and a long intestine to help it digest the leaves and buds which it regularly eats?
... that the golden-crowned sparrow is an important destroyer of weed seeds on the Pacific coast of North America?
... that the yellow-browed sparrow has spread from its former habitats along the Amazon River into grasslands, towns and roadsides throughout much of the Amazon basin?
... that the mountain trogon either excavates its own cavity nest by chewing into rotting wood or uses a pre-existing hole?
... that the fasciated tiger heron is named for the black and buff stripes on its neck and back?
... that the rufescent tiger heron is crepuscular—that is, it hunts primarily at dusk and dawn?
... that the black-cowled oriole hangs its woven nest under a large Heliconia, palm, or banana leaf?
... that the Trinidad euphonia lacks the muscular gizzard that most birds have as part of their digestive tract?
... that although its range is restricted to the island of Borneo, the mountain blackeye has evolved into four subspecies?
... that black-sided flowerpeckers camouflage the outside of their nests with lichens?
... that the song of the black-chinned sparrow is said to resemble the sound of a dropped ping-pong ball?
... that stones have been found in the stomachs of some Whitehead's trogons?
... that the casques of some large hornbill species can take up to six years to reach their full size?
... that the Toba people use poultices made from the manure of the black-legged seriema to treat boils and abscesses?
... that the hooded visorbearer builds its nest out of cactus spines?
... that the lichen genus Felipes is named for its fruiting structures, which resemble a cat's paw?
... that the yellow bloodstain lichen is not always yellow?
... that while some lichen species in the genus Piccolia have ranges which span multiple continents, others are restricted to single islands?
... that while most lichens that grow on plants live on the surface, the sole species in Amazonotrema grows partially among the cells of the tree bark on which it lives?

Articles I've successfully nominated

... that the Zambian district of Chiengi has no television or telephone service?
... that Gaetano Donizetti's opera Le duc d'Albe didn't receive its first performance until more than 40 years after his death?
... that the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 established the first peacetime draft in the United States?
... that Philip Whistler Street was a Chief Justice on the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia -- as were his son Kenneth and his grandson Laurence?
... that the Common Skullcap, a perennial plant found throughout Eurasia, is traditionally used as a mild sedative?
... that the Potawatomi, a tribe of Native Americans, were evicted from land near Indiana’s Yellow River less than six years after tribal chiefs signed a treaty granting them that land in perpetuity?
... that British rifleman William Green's memoir is one of the few accounts by an enlisted man of life in the Duke of Wellington's army, and as such, has provided source material for many historians?
... that reindeer hunting provides an important staple food for many households in Greenland?
... that poet Anna Williams's works include the whimsically titled On the Death of Sir Erasmus Philipps, Unfortunately Drowned in the River Avon?
... that the Brown Rock Chat sometimes nests in the rafters of inhabited houses?
... that children in a test audience for Sesame Street’s episode Snuffy's Parents Get a Divorce were so devastated by the show that producers declined to air it?
... that more than half of the 214 bird species found on Barbados are considered "accidental"—that is, they are found there only because they strayed off-course?
... that Victor Gauntlett supplied his personal pre-production Aston Martin Vantage for use in the filming of the James Bond film "The Living Daylights"?
... that heavyweight boxer Joe Baksi recorded nine victories in his first year as a professional, including one over future actor Jack Palance?
... that Clemente Micara was the Vatican’s first envoy to Czechoslovakia?
... that Rotylenchulus reniformis, a roundworm found in tropical and subtropical areas throughout the world, is a major parasite of crop plants?
... that Cameroon's Western High Plateau has a rainy season that lasts nine months?
... that an average of 90,000 people a month walk, jog, cycle or skate along Florida's Pinellas Trail?
... that Bertie Smalls, considered by many as Britain's first supergrass, avoided jail by informing on his partners-in-crime, despite having led them in an armed bank robbery?
... that American thoroughbred race horse Little Current received the 1974 Eclipse Award for Outstanding 3-Year-Old Male Horse despite having his racing career ended mid-season by a bone chip in his leg?
... that John Vesey, a 16th-century bishop of Exeter, had a fordkeeper's cottage built along Plants Brook to help provide security for travelers on the Wylde Green Road?
... that at least 36 vases painted by the Athenian Meidias Painter are still in existence more than 2,400 years after they were created?
... that the Turkish tanbur is one of the four musical instruments that make up Turkish classical music's basic quartet?
... that the minesweeper USS Threat was transferred to the government of Mexico after being decommissioned by the US Navy and renamed the Francisco Zarco?
... that opponents of Cameroon's first president, Ahmadou Ahidjo, danced to show their displeasure (Cameroonian dancers pictured)?
... that the cruiseferry M/S Nordlandia (originally M/S Olau Hollandia) was built to be NATO-compatible, so that she could easily be converted to a troopship?
... that during his research into women's olfactory selection of potential mates, Swiss biologist Claus Wedekind conducted what has become known as the "Sweaty T-shirt Study"?
... that the events in the novel The Dig take place during the excavation of the Anglo-Saxon burial ship at Sutton Hoo, in Suffolk, England?
... that Libya's Sirte Basin—which in some places lies more than 47 metres below sea level—contains roughly 80% of the country's known crude oil reserves?
... that Lois DeBerry is the first African-American woman speaker pro tempore of the Tennessee House of Representatives?

Awards

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		In light of you nominating my article on Victor Gauntlett for Did You Know..., I thought I would award you The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar. Best Regards, - Trident13 20:26, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		In light of you nominating my article on Joe Baksi for Did You Know..., I'd like to show my appreciation by this award. Thanks again, - Work permit 16 May 2007 (UTC)

		The DYK Medal
		I, Smee, hereby award MeegsC, for your multiple contributions to Did you know? The community appreciates your work. Thank you. Yours, Smee 23:29, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

		The 25 DYK Medal
		I, P.K.Niyogi, hereby award MeegsC with The 25 DYK Medal, in recognition of over 25 contributions to the Did you know? section, as featured on the Main Page. Great job, you're on your way to 100! Thank you for your contributions to the project. Regards, P.K.Niyogi 06:34, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		I just saw your nomination for Flight feather, and then looked at all your contributions, which are excellent. Good luck with your FAC! –Outriggr § 00:21, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		Thank you for peer reviewing Le chemin de fer. Peer review work is rarely appreciated as much as it should be. Although this star is an insufficient expression of my thanks, it will have to do. Also, I've looked at your contribs and you seem like an accomplished editor with quality edits. Please continue doing what you do; your work is appreciated! ALTON .ıl 04:51, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Your majesty, it gives me great pleasure to bestow the **Triple Crown** upon MeegsC for your feathery contributions in the areas of WP:DYK, WP:GA, and WP:FA. Well done :) Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:21, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

The Editor's Barnstar

Dear MeegsC,

Thank you so much for your wonderful work on the Golden-crowned Sparrow article last year! It was very inspiring for me to see you address so much of the feedback that was posted on this page, turning it into a much better article in the process. I also really appreciate your thoughtful support of the Article Feedback tool and I hope that you will continue to find it useful in coming years.

If you would like to keep in touch more often, I invite you to join our editor engagement mailing list, where we discuss initiatives that support new users and experienced editors on Wikipedia. We recently opened this list to the public, so we could have more frequent conversations with valued community members like you. To join us, you are very welcome to sign up here.

And if you haven't already, I also encourage you to contribute to the current discussion on whether or not to deploy Article Feedback v5 widely on the English Wikipedia (see RfC). Because of your familiarity with this tool, you are in a unique position to present an informed perspective on its potential benefits. Note that we are adding a few final features recommended by the community, such as simpler moderation tools and better filters (see project update).

Thanks again for being such a great contributor -- I look forward to more collaborations with you, to help make Wikipedia better for all of us!

Regards as ever, Fabrice Florin (WMF) (talk) 19:32, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

	The DYK Medal
	For suggesting great hooks on a third-party nom, and other work put into the DYK process over the past few months. CMD (talk) 03:44, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

I'm very pleased to present the **Imperial Triple Crown Jewels** to MeegsC, for your work on "Did you know?" and the good and featured article processes! — Bilorv (**talk**) 17:40, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Congratulation to MeegsC, for being the first recipient of the WikiProject Birds **Triple Crown**. Keep up the great work! Damien Linnane (talk) 00:29, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

			The Outline Barnstar and Featured List Medal
			are hereby awarded to MeegsC, for improving Outline of lichens to featured list status. The outline has earned a star, and now, so have you! Keep up the great work. Sincerely, — The Transhumanist 01:53, 6 November 2023 (UTC)