Re: unknown spring bird

["Abhijit Menon-Sen"]

At 2007-04-02 09:06:13 -0700,  wrote:
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> What's "lek"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lek_%28mating_arena%29

   A lek is a gathering of males, of certain animal species, for the
   purposes of competitive mating display. Leks assemble before and
   during the breeding season, on a daily basis. The same group of males
   meet at a traditional place and take up the same individual positions
   on an arena, each occupying and defending a small territory or court.
   Intermittently or continuously, they spar individually with their
   neighbors or put on extravagant visual or aural displays (mating
   "dances" or gymnastics, plumage displays, vocal challenges, etc.).

-- ams