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Breeding Andean cock-of-the-rock

detail of male head plumage male cocks-of-the-rock polygamous, , have nothing nesting once mating done. male’s energy instead devoted elaborate display rituals show off magnificent plumage. these displays take place in communal leks, males gather challenge rivals , beckon females. males disturbed, behavior not easy see. 1 study reported display activity dependent on light intensity, morning display period occurring during same light intensity level afternoon period. male andean cock-of-the-rock choosing best lekking position at lek, males have been observed break pairs, performing “confrontation displays”. consists of facing each other while bowing, jumping, , flapping wings, snapping bills, , @ same time giving off various squawking , grunting calls. when female approaches, becomes more intense. display turns cacophony of bright color , frenzied activity filling air strange sounds. breeding takes place during different times of year in different areas. in colombia, breeding happens in...

Discography Tilian Pearson

1 discography 1.1 solo 1.1.1 studio albums 1.1.2 eps 1.2 dance gavin dance 1.3 tides of man discography solo studio albums material me (vital, 2013) perfect enemy (vital, 2015) eps future friends (vital, 2014) patient (vital, 2017) with dance gavin dance acceptance speech (rise, 2013) instant gratification (rise, 2015) tree city sessions (rise, 2016) mothership (rise, 2016) summertime gladness / pussy vultures 7 (2017) with tides of man tides of man ep (rise, 2008) empire theory (rise, 2009) dreamhouse (rise, 2010)

Professional career Jimmy Clausen

1 professional career 1.1 carolina panthers 1.2 chicago bears 1.3 baltimore ravens 1.4 career statistics professional career cbs sports columnist mike freeman. clausen announced intention enter 2010 nfl draft on december 7, 2009. clausen expected 1 of top quarterbacks available in draft, along former heisman trophy winner sam bradford. projected many top-10 pick. surprisingly, however, not selected in first round of draft, bradford , florida s tim tebow selected ahead of him. selected carolina panthers 16th pick of 2nd round (48th overall). analysts attributed slide cocky demeanor , persnickety smirkness. carolina panthers on july 28, 2010, clausen signed four-year, $4.2 million contract panthers, includes $2.53 million in guarantees. clausen made nfl debut in loss against new york giants in 2010 season opener, after starting quarterback matt moore sidelined concussion. after poor play matt moore in week 2 matchup against buccaneers, clausen took on late in game. completed 7 of 13 pa...

Yau Lai Estate Public housing estates in Yau Tong

yau lai estate yau lai estate phase 4 landscape garden yau lai estate phase 5 yau lai estate (chinese: 油麗邨) public housing estate located near eastern harbour tunnel , yau tong mtr station. estate developed in 4 phases. formerly hos estate, phase 1 consists of 6 residential blocks completed in 2005. phase 3 consists of 2 blocks completed in 2008. phase 4 consists of 3 blocks completed in 2009. phase 5 , 6 consist of 2 blocks under construction. houses

2011–2012: Shelved album DoLuv2LuvU and Eye Of The Hurricane Ilse DeLange

ilse delange @ zwarte cross festival 2011 in november 2011 delange released new single doluv2luvu. song theme song of serious request 2011, big charity-event held yearly dutch radio station 3fm. while promoting single, delane heard father incurably ill. stopped kinds of promotion , postponed recording process of new album doluv2luvu. though song wasn t promoted, still charted @ #14. day after father s death, @ january 10, 2012, posted acoustic version of song without on twitter, featured on 2007 live album. later year, ilse revealed doluv2luvu-album shelved , started recording new album. because didn t feel flow of album anymore after father had died. doesn t rule out possibility s going released in future. in june 2012, first single sophomore album, hurricane released. charted @ #23 in dutch top 40. seventh album eye of hurricane, released september 14, 2012 , got platinum in few weeks. second single winter of love rose #20 , third single 1 got #33.

Biography Rudolf Nadolny

1 biography 1.1 first world war 1.2 interwar era 1.3 postwar 1.4 family biography nadolny born in groß stürlack, east prussia (modern sterławki wielkie, poland) heinrich (1847–1944) , agnes nadolny née trinker (1847–1910). father s family had been landowners in east prussia since 14th century. mother s ancestors protestant exiles salzburg. nadolny passed abitur @ gymnasium (school) of rastenburg in 1892 , studied law @ university of königsberg. nadolny joined german diplomatic service in 1902 , deployed in st. petersburg in 1903 -1907 witnessed russian revolution of 1905 , russo-japanese war. nadolny sent persia, bosnia , albania. first world war during first world war nadolny led political section of german general staff so-called sektion politik berlin des generalstabs . group , nadolny himself responsible acts of sabotage using explosives , biological warfare. in 1915 nadolny shipped anthrax , glanders (a horse disease deadly humans) cultures german embassy in romania using them t...

Case studies Central place foraging

1 case studies 1.1 central place foraging in non-human animals 1.2 archaeological case study: acorns , mussels in california 1.3 archaeological case study: silver miners , propaganda in colorado 1.4 ethnographic case study: shellfish in torres strait islands 1.5 ethnoarchaeological case study: pickleweed , piñon case studies central place foraging in non-human animals orians , pearson (1979) found red-winged blackbirds in eastern washington state tend capture larger number of single species prey items per trip compared same species in costa rica, brought large, single insects. foraging specialization costa rican blackbirds attributed increased search , handling costs of nocturnal foraging, whereas birds in eastern washington forage diurnally prey lower search , handling costs. studies sea birds , seals have found load size tends increase foraging distance nest, predicted cpf. other central place foragers, such social insects, show support cpf theory. european honeybees increase nectar ...