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lot tokowy

English translation: song display flight, display song flight


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Polish term or phrase:lot tokowy
English translation:song display flight, display song flight
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15:16 Jun 4, 2011
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Environment & Ecology
Polish term or phrase: lot tokowy
Zgodnie z przedłożoną dokumentacją, w okresie wiosny orlik krzykliwy znajdował się w czołówce ptakców pod względem frekwencji i liczebności względnej, a obserwacje dotyczyły często lotów tokowych.
awdotia
Poland
Local time: 06:38
display flight
Explanation:
Wodniczka w ciągu dnia od czasu do czasu odbywa lot tokowy - wzbija się szybko na wysokość 5 m lub większą i rozpoczynając śpiew zaczyna opadać z...
http://tinyurl.com/3oxse9x

During the display flight the bird climbs, the wings are smartly cracked like a whiplash, and the bird glides down on stiff wings.
http://tinyurl.com/42zgkwz

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Można ewentualnie doprecyzować: song display flight, singing display flight.

Samo "song flight" jest dość niejednoznaczne, np.
Skylarks advertise their territories by a spectacular song-flight, during which...
http://tinyurl.com/69c4p4z

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song flight display

During courtship, males chase females, sometimes pausing to do their song-flight display. The common call note is a sharp quink.
http://tinyurl.com/4yv8bpu
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Local time: 06:38
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mating / courtship flight display


Explanation:
Budowę gniazda poprzedza charakterystyczny lot tokowy: ptak wzbija się stromo w górę głośno klapiąc skrzydłami, a następnie opada lotem szybowcowym. - http://ptakolub.gsi.pl/columbi/columbi.htm

That’s how I noticed that rock pigeons make courtship flights, too. - http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/03/10/more-courtship-fligh...

One of the most enjoyable of these experiences is the mating flight display of the male American Woodcock. - http://www.capecodweather.net/birds-of-cape-cod/368-dazzle-t...

The male's courtship flight display and singing is carried out on the singing territory. This territory is used solely for courtship and mating and is defended from other male woodcocks. - http://enabled-gardener.com/michigannaturalhistory/woodcock....

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neutral  Polangmar: "mating / courtship flight" zarezerwowałbym na lot godowy...
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display flight


Explanation:
Wodniczka w ciągu dnia od czasu do czasu odbywa lot tokowy - wzbija się szybko na wysokość 5 m lub większą i rozpoczynając śpiew zaczyna opadać z...
http://tinyurl.com/3oxse9x

During the display flight the bird climbs, the wings are smartly cracked like a whiplash, and the bird glides down on stiff wings.
http://tinyurl.com/42zgkwz

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-06-04 16:43:08 GMT)
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Można ewentualnie doprecyzować: song display flight, singing display flight.

Samo "song flight" jest dość niejednoznaczne, np.
Skylarks advertise their territories by a spectacular song-flight, during which...
http://tinyurl.com/69c4p4z

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 day9 hrs (2011-06-06 01:01:57 GMT)
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song flight display

During courtship, males chase females, sometimes pausing to do their song-flight display. The common call note is a sharp quink.
http://tinyurl.com/4yv8bpu

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Local time: 06:38
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