User:Kinhull
_woodpecker_(Melanerpes_aurifrons)_male_Copan.jpg)
The golden-fronted woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) is a species of bird in the woodpecker family, Picidae. It is found in the southern United States, Mexico and parts of Central America. It inhabits mesic and xeric landscapes, including mesquite brushlands and riparian woodlands. It can also be found in urban parks and suburban areas. Males and females have the same plumage except for the pattern on their heads. Adult males have a red crown and a golden orange to yellow nape with a gap between them; females have a grayish crown and a paler yellow nape. The golden-fronted woodpecker has a diet of adult and larval arthropods, some aerial insects, fruit, nuts and corn, as well as occasionally eating other birds' eggs. The bird has a loud call and a short, slow drumming pattern. This male golden-fronted woodpecker was photographed perching on a branch in Copán, Honduras.Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp
To include this picture of the day on a page, add the text {{pic of the day}}. |
Pic of the day
[edit]| 03:48, Tuesday, January 7, 2025 (UTC) |
Tuesday
7
January
03:48 UTC
| Featured picture tools |
|---|
| Featured |
|
||
| Pictures | |||
| Thumbnails |
Did you know
[edit]
Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem
- ... that Queen Melisende (pictured) was so incensed by the rumours of her alleged infidelity that neither her husband nor his friends felt safe in her presence?
- ... that the questionnaire prepared after the Jewish Ethnographic Expedition had 2,087 questions and was called "a modern epic"?
- ... that during World War II, US Army casualty telegrams were sent out in the name of Major General James Alexander Ulio?
- ... that to raise funds for the Council of District Dumas, its chairman led an armed squad to storm the Moscow headquarters of the State Bank?
- ... that the Boldy James and Sterling Toles collaborative album Manger on McNichols took over a decade to make?
- ... that Renildo José dos Santos, a Brazilian councilman, was murdered in 1993 after publicly coming out as bisexual?
- ... that a Kansas City TV station was under contract to be sold within a week of its first regular broadcast?
- ... that Her Story was described as China's answer to Barbie?
- ... that football player Jahkeem Stewart was 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and 340 pounds (150 kg) in sixth grade?
In the news
[edit]_(cropped).jpg)
Justin Trudeau
- Justin Trudeau (pictured) announces his intention to resign as prime minister of Canada.
- Luke Littler wins the PDC World Darts Championship.
- A spree shooter in Cetinje, Montenegro, kills 12 people and injures 4 others.
- Romania and Bulgaria become full members of the Schengen Area.
Selected anniversaries
[edit]January 7: Christmas (Eastern Christianity; Julian calendar); Victory over Genocide Day in Cambodia; Laba Festival in China (2025)
CQD in Morse code
- 1797 – The Italian tricolour was first adopted as an official flag by the government of the Cispadane Republic.
- 1904 – The Marconi International Marine Communication Company specified CQD (audio featured) as the distress signal to be used by its operators.
- 1939 – French physicist Marguerite Perey identified francium, the last element to be discovered in nature rather than by synthesis.
- 1979 – The People's Army of Vietnam captured Phnom Penh, marking the end of large-scale fighting in the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.
- 2020 – After 253 days without an operational government, a second round of investiture votes produced Spain's first coalition government since the Second Republic.
- Francis Poulenc (b. 1899)
- Melly Goeslaw (b. 1974)
- Richard Hamming (d. 1998)
- Run Run Shaw (d. 2014)
Today's featured article
[edit]Wikipedia:Today's featured article
| Featured article (FA) tools |
|---|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portals, wiki news & other things
[edit]
 |
|---|
| 24 December 2024 |
|
To find out how many edits anyone has done just click on: User Edit Counter (Interiot's tool)
The Contribution summary includes: Username, Total edits, User groups, Image uploads, Distinct pages edited, Edits/page (avg), Avg edits/day, Deleted edits, First edit, Edits by namespace, Various Graphs
My Infobox
[edit]I am Kinhull.
I started editing wikipedia at 10:49 23 October 2005.
I like Distributed Computing (currently via the BOINC platform).
I am also a fan of the works of Arthur C. Clarke.
I am the founder of Team ACC - Arthur C Clarke Fans, an international BOINC community team.
I have written a BOINC mini-FAQ: 10 Frequently Asked Questions / Common Problems
My talk/discussion pages are here: User talk:Kinhull
| BOINC User | kinhull |
| BOINC Team |
Team ACC - Arthur C Clarke Fans |
| Website | Team ACC - Arthur C Clarke Fans |
| Forum |
Team ACC Forum |
| Statistics |
Team ACC Statistics |
| Games |
The Big Table Of Little Games |
| BOINC mini-FAQ | 10 Frequently Asked Questions / Common Problems |
| This is a Wikipedia user page. This is not an encyclopedia article or the talk page for an encyclopedia article. If you find this page on any site other than Wikipedia, you are viewing a mirror site. Be aware that the page may be outdated and that the user whom this page is about may have no personal affiliation with any site other than Wikipedia. The original page is located at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kinhull. |