User:Kirkmona

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[edit] About Me

I am a professional naturalist living in Minnesota. I am currently mostly editing some of the lesser visited bird pages trying to bring in more content and improve their rating. I'm pretty much focusing on the sparrows right now.

[edit] Reference Books

<ref name = "Terres">{{cite book |title=The Audubon Society encyclopedia of North American Birds |last=Terres |first= J. K. |year=1980 |publisher=Alfred A. Knopf |location= New York|isbn=0-394-46651-9 |pages=INSERT PAGES }}</ref>

<ref name = "Ehrlich">{{cite book |title=The Birders Handbook A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds |last=Ehrlich |first= Paul R. |coauthors=Dobkin, D and Wheye, D.|year=1988 |publisher=Simon & Schuster Inc. |location= New York|isbn=0-671-65989-8 |pages=INSERT PAGES }}</ref>