Merge school Phelan, California Education date December 2011 Pinon Mesa Middle School PMMS is a middle school in Phelan, California . It is one of only two middle schools in Snowline Joint Unified School District. ref cite web last Johnahon first Eric title Snowline Schools url http www.snowlineschools.com schools default.php?ID 8 publisher Snowline Schools accessdate 6 December 2011 ref References reflist External links official website 1 http www.snowlineschools.com schools default.php?ID 8 Coord 34 25 05 N 117 34 23 W type edu region US CA source GNIS display title Category Schools in San Bernardino County, California Category Educational institutions with year of establishment missing Category Public middle schools in California California school stub ... more details
Orphan date September 2008 Cyclopean stairs form as a result of glacial erosion. The term refers to the longitudinal profile of a glaciated valley that has several consecutive hanging valley s. Formation There are a few different ways cyclopean stairs can form. One way they form is through plucking glaciation plucking . Different bedrock types may be more susceptible to plucking. If a highly Joint geology jointed layer of bedrock is on the surface, large portions of it will be picked up by the glacier and deposited later as a glacial erratic . The valley formed in this fashion may have a steep wall at its head caused by a change in the bedrock type. The stronger bedrock will remain in the form of a riser at the end of a hanging valley. Cyclopean stairs can also form at points where tributary glaciers feed into larger central glaciers. The tributary glacier causes the central glacier to thicken and downcut more rapidly. This may cause a very sudden drop in the valley floor at the points where the glaciers converged. They may also form at the head of a glacier. In an area where the snowline is rising, the cirque landform cirque in which the glacier forms my recede. A new cirque may form above the previous cirque and carve out a new step. As the snowline continues to rise, new cirques would continue to form the steps of the cyclopean stairs. References Surface Processes and Landforms , Don J. Easterbrook. Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1999. Category Glaciology Category Landforms ... more details
Debeli Namet is a small glacier below the mountain of ljeme convert 2455 m in the Durmitor massif, Montenegro . This glacier exists well below the true snowline and is sustained by avalanching snow. Results of recent investigations on the Debeli Namet glacier have been published by a British scientist Hughes 2007 . The Debeli Namet glacier is not quite the southernmost glacier in Europe, as this status currently goes to the Calderone Glacier in Italy. ref Hughes, P.D. 2007 Recent behaviour of the Debeli Namet glacier, Durmitor, Montenegro. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 32, 1593 1602. ref References references coord 43 06 54 N 19 04 03 E region ME type mountain display title Montenegro geo stub Category Glaciers of Montenegro es Debeli Namet ... more details
Mount Cheeseman is a club snowfield in New Zealand s South Island , near the town of Springfield, New Zealand Springfield , about an hour and a half from Christchurch . Situated in a south east facing basin, it features two T bar lifts and one learner tow. The runs cover an elevation range of 1570 1840 metres, with a distribution of 15 beginner slopes, 50 intermediate, and 35 advanced. Some of the slopes are groomed. There is accommodation for 68 people in the onsite Snowline Lodge, and for 38 in the nearby Forest Lodge. External links Official website http www.mtcheeseman.co.nz http www.chillout.co.nz images trailmap mtcheeseman large.jpg Trail map http www.snow.co.nz Areas 15.asp?skiArea 15 http www.chillout.co.nz mountains.asp?DocID 8 coord 43.157188 171.668996 region NZ display title Ski areas and resorts in New Zealand Club skifields Category Ski areas and resorts in New Zealand Category Geography of the Canterbury Region CanterburyNZ geo stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Let It Roll Type Album Artist Willard Grant Conspiracy Cover Let It Roll Willard Grant Conspiracy.jpg Released March 27, 2006 Recorded Ljubljana , Slovenia Genre Alternative country Alt Country Label Loose Music Producer Robert Fisher Reviews Mojo magazine Mojo Rating 4 5 Last album Regard The End br 2003 This album Let It Roll br 2006 Next album Let It Roll is the 7th full album by Alternative country alt country band Willard Grant Conspiracy . Musicians As with many of the band s albums it is a collaborative effort with Robert Fisher being joined on this occasion by members of The Walkabouts , Lambchop band Lambchop and Dream Syndicate . Track listing From a Distant Shore Let It Roll Dance With Me Skeleton Flying Low Breach Crush Mary of the Angels Ballad of a Thin Man Lady of the Snowline br All music written by Robert Fisher, except Flying Low by Robert Fisher and Steve Wynn songwriter Steve Wynn , and Ballad of a Thin Man by Bob Dylan . DEFAULTSORT Let It Roll Willard Grant Conspiracy Album Category 2006 albums Category Willard Grant Conspiracy albums ... more details
taxobox image Pyrola minor LC0230.jpg regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Asterids ordo Ericales familia Ericaceae genus Pyrola species P. minor binomial Pyrola minor binomial authority Carl Linnaeus L. Pyrola minor , known by the common names snowline wintergreen , lesser wintergreen , and common wintergreen , is a plant species of the genus Pyrola . It has a Circumboreal Region Circumboreal distribution and can be found throughout the northern latitudes of Eurasia and North America. Commons Pyrola minor External links http ucjeps.berkeley.edu cgi bin get JM treatment.pl?3449,3595,3600 Jepson Manual Treatment http plants.usda.gov java profile?symbol PYMI USDA Plants Profile http biology.burke.washington.edu herbarium imagecollection.php?Genus Pyrola&Species minor Washington Burke Museum http calphotos.berkeley.edu cgi img query?query src photos index&where taxon Pyrola minor Photo gallery Category Pyrola minor Category Flora of the Northeastern United States Category Flora of the Western United States Category Flora of California Category Flora of the Sierra Nevada region U.S. Category San Bernardino Mountains Category Flora of Asia Category Flora of North America Ericaceae stub az Pyrola minor de Kleines Wintergr n et V ike uibuleht nl Klein wintergroen nn Perlevintergr n pl Gruszyczka mniejsza ru se Sm vvalie ga fi Pikkutalvikki sv Klotpyrola ... more details
Infobox Book name The Year of Our War title orig translator image Image The Year of Our War.jpg 200px image caption 2005 paperback edition author Steph Swainston illustrator cover artist Emma Wallace country United Kingdom language English language English series The Castle books subject genre Fantasy novel publisher Victor Gollancz Ltd Gollancz release date April 2004 media type Print Hardcover pages 304 pp isbn 0 575 07005 6 oclc 59270718 preceded by followed by No Present Like Time The fantasy novel The Year of Our War 2004 is the first book by British author Steph Swainston . It is often given as an example of the New Weird literary genre. Plot summary The novel is set in the Fourlands, a country in danger of being overrun by large hostile Insects, and follows the exploits of Jant, also called the Messenger or Comet . As a half breed of two humanoid species Jant is the only person who can fly, which makes him an indispensable part of the Emperor s Circle of about 50 immortals, an elite group of mostly warriors who do not age but, despite the name, are capable of being killed . Swainston spins an intricate story which covers, among other things, the intrigues among mortals and immortals from the various humanoid races of the Fourlands, a full scale assault by the Insects previously held at bay behind an Insect wall , and Jant s exploits in the Shift , an alternate world which he enters as a side effect of his addiction to a lethal drug. So far, two sequels, No Present Like Time 2005 and The Modern World book The Modern World 2007 have been published. A fourth book, Above the Snowline , was published in 2010. ref http stephswainston.co.uk blog steph 2010 02 above the snowline ref Awards and nominations The book won the 2005 Crawford Award and the author was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer . Reviews and sources references http www.infinityplus.co.uk nonfiction yearofourwar2.htm Infinity Plus review http www.sffworld.com brevoff 175.html ... more details
cleanup date December 2009 Deleted image removed File Indrahar Peak in Sep 2009.jpg right thumb 250px Indrahar Peak in Sep 2009 Indrahar Pass is a mountain pass in the Dhauladhar range of the Himalayas . Located at coord 32 17.852 N 76 22.872 E display inline,title and an altitude of convert 4342 m ft above mean sea level, near the tourist town of Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh , Indrahar pass forms the border between Kangra, Himachal Pradesh Kangra and Chamba, Himachal Pradesh Chamba districts. It is part of a very popular trekking route from Dharamshala. It attracts substantial tourist traffic during the trekking season between April October. Indrahar Pass Trail The trekking trail to Indrahar pass starts from Galu temple near Dharamsala and passes through the popular camping ground of Triund, the Laka Got, and the Lahesh Cave. Popular camping stops are Triund at 2842 metres and Lahesh Caves at 3475 metres. br On the other side of the pass, the camping sites include Chhata caves at 3242 metres and Kuvarasi village in Chamba at 2260 metres. br The trek starts from McLeod Ganj and goes like this McLeod Ganj main market 1750m to Upper Dharamkot 2100m 2 km 1 2 hour walk OR a 30 minute cab ride Upper Dharamkot Gallu Devi, 2100m to Triund 2825m 3 4 hrs walk Snack shops dot the route camping possible at Triund Triund s main camping ground to Snowline Cafe 1 hour easy walk can camp here too, if you want a head start next morning to Indrahar Snowline Cafe to Ilaqua Got grazing grounds 1 hour easy walk Ilaqua Got to Lahesh Cave 2 hours of gradual climb camping possible inside Lahesh Cave NO going upwards to Indrahar Pass later than afternoon in any season Lahesh Cave to Indrahar Pass 2 6 hours depending on fitness and acclimation of very steep climb cross over towards Chamba from Indrahar or come back to Cave or Triund the same day References Reflist External links No footnotes date December 2009 http www.trekkinginindia.com trekk ... more details
Image Taku glacier firn ice sampling.png thumb right Sampling the surface of a glacier. There is increasingly denser firn between surface snow and blue glacier ice. Image Firn from South Cascade Glacier.jpg thumb right Firn from South Cascade Glacier, 80x magnified. File Firn field on the top of S uleck.jpg thumb right Firn field on the top of S uleck , Hohe Tauern Firn from German Firn with the same meaning, cognate with for is partially compacted n v , a type of snow that has been left over from past seasons and has been Recrystallization chemistry recrystallized into a substance denser than n v . It is ice that is at an intermediate stage between snow and glacial ice. Firn has the appearance of wet sugar, but has a hardness that makes it extremely resistant to shovelling. Its density generally ranges from 550 kg m 830 kg m and can be often found underneath the snow that accumulates at the head of a glacier . Snowflake s are compressed under the weight of the overlying snowpack . Individual crystal s near the melting point are semiliquid and slick, allowing them to glide along other crystal planes and to fill in the spaces between them, increasing the ice s density. Where the crystals touch they bond together, squeezing the air between them to the surface or into bubbles. In the summer months, the crystal metamorphosis can occur more rapidly because of water percolation between the crystals. By summer s end, the result is firn. The minimum altitude that firn accumulates on a glacier is called the firn limit , firn line or snowline . References http vulcan.wr.usgs.gov Glossary Glaciers glacier terminology.html USGS Glossary of Selected Glacier and Related Terminology http www.physicalgeography.net fundamentals 10ae.html Fundamentals of Physical Geography Glaciology stub Category Glaciology Category Water ice Category Montane ecology Category German loanwords Category Alpinism cs Firn de Firn et Firn es Firn eo Firno eu Firn it Firn ka lv Firns lt Firnas nl F ... more details
File Bundesarchiv Bild 135 S 07 04 19, Tibetexpedition, T chter des Maharaja.jpg thumb Daughters of chogyal Tashi Namgyal wearing kho 1938 . Kho Bhutia language Bhutia or Bakhu Nepali language Nepali is a traditional dress worn by Bhutia , ethnic Tibetan people Tibetans of Sikkim . It is a loose cloak type garment that is fastened at the neck on one side and near the waist with a silk or cotton belt, similar to the Tibetan chuba , but sleeveless. Women wear a silken full sleeve blouse called honju inside the kho a loose gown type garment fastened near the waist, tightened with a belt. Married women tie a multi coloured striped apron of woolen cloth called pangden around their waist. ref name Hamlet2001 cite book title Encyclopaedia of North East India Sikkim last Bareh first Hamlet year 2001 publisher Mittal Publications location isbn 81 7099 794 1 pages 5 url http books.google.com books?id jrr7HPr8NAQC ref Male members wear a loose trouser under the kho. The traditional outfit is complemented by embroidered leather boots by both men and women. Citation needed date October 2011 See also Gho Chuba Kira Bhutan Khada References reflist External links cite web url http www.snowlinenews.com The 20People 20of 20Sikkim .htm title The Ethnic People of Sikkim Their Lifestyles and Their Cultures author Bijaya Bantawa ed. work Snowline News online date 2010 12 07 accessdate 2011 10 12 cite web url http www.indianmirror.com tribes bhutiatribes.html title Bhutia Tribes work Indian Mirror online date 2010 12 14 accessdate 2011 10 12 University of Hawaii Museum . http www.flickr.com photos uhmuseum 4132497148 Sikkim Woman s Informal Ensemble . dress worn by Hope Cooke in the 1960s, on Flickr . Category Culture of Sikkim Category Tibetan clothing Category Indian clothing ... more details
Rees, who appears in The Pass Beyond Kashmir , The Terminators and Snowline . The author s military ... Snowline 1973 The White Dacoit 1974 With Extreme Prejudice 1975 The Memsahib 1977 The Pagoda Tree ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The Dreams of Children Type Studio album Artist Shadowfax band Shadowfax Cover shtdoc.jpg Released February 1985 Recorded Genre New Age music New Age Jazz music Jazz Length 36 45 Label Windham Hill Records Producer Chuck Greenberg musician Chuck Greenberg Last album Shadowdance Shadowfax album Shadowdance br 1983 This album The Dreams of Children br 1984 Next album Too Far to Whisper br 1986 Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1Score Rating 3 5 ref cite web url http www.allmusic.com album r83593 title The Dreams of Children Shadowfax publisher Allmusic accessdate 16 March 2012 ref no review The Dreams of Children is the fourth studio album by New Age music New Age group Shadowfax band Shadowfax , the second for Windham Hill Records . Track listing Another Country Chuck Greenberg musician Chuck Greenberg 4 20 Snowline Greenberg 4 30 The Big Song David Lewis musician David Lewis , G. E. Stinson 4 00 The Dreams of Children Greenberg 4 50 Word from the Village Stinson 4 40 Kindred Spirits Stinson 4 15 Shaman Song Phil Maggini 5 20 Above the Wailing Wall Stinson 4 50 Personnel G. E. Stinson 6 and 12 string guitar , effects vocal s Chuck Greenberg musician Chuck Greenberg Lyricon , tenor saxophone , soprano saxophone , stone flute Phil Maggini bass guitar bass Stuart Nevitt Drum kit drums , Percussion instrument percussion , boobam s Jamil Szmadzinski violin , baritone violin David Lewis musician David Lewis Yamaha DX7 , Memorymoog , Steinway & Sons Steinway grand piano Additional personnel Morris Dollison vocal on 5, guitar on 1 Michael Spiro b t drums on 1, crotales on 1 2, caxixi on 1, bell instrument bells on 2, chimes on 2 Hara Lambi A. vocal on 8 Adam Rudolph shekere on 5 7, talking drum s on 5, clay pots on 7, caxixi on 7, turtle shell on 7, frafra fra fra bell on 7 8, berimbau on 7, clay drums on 8, angklung on 8, Cowbell instrument cowbell s on 8, rattle percussion instrument rattle s on 8 Charts Album class wikitab ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Heligoland image caption image size background group or band alias origin Melbourne, Victoria genre Slowcore br Dreampop years active 1999 present label Alone Again. Records br Ocean Music br Commission 45 associated acts website http www.heligoland.org current members Karen Vogt vocals br Steve Wheeler bass br Dave Olliffe guitar br Antti M kinen drums br Ash Brideson keyboards past members Cameron Gellatly br Pete McKeown br Chris Wright br Bek Varcoe notable instruments Heligoland are a five piece band from Melbourne , Australia . Heligoland s songs and sound have been compared to the atmospheric textures and soaring female vocals of the Cocteau Twins , the spartan soulfulness of Low band Low and the wistful melancholy of Mojave 3 . Citation needed date September 2007 Discography Albums bgcolor DDDDDD Title Format Label Release Shift These Thoughts CD Big Rig Records July 2003 bgcolor EFEFEF A Street Between Us CD Alone Again. Records March 2006 bgcolour FFFFFF All Your Ships Are White CD Commission 45 September 2010 Other Releases bgcolor DDDDDD Title Format Label Release Demo Promo CD Independent December 1999 bgcolor EFEFEF Heligoland CD EP Independent June 2000 Separate 7 Single Steady Cam Records November 2001 bgcolor EFEFEF Along The Snowline 7 Single Steady Cam Records May 2002 Coming Up For Air Promo CD Alone Again. Records September 2005 bgcolor EFEFEF Nearly Everything Is New CD Single Alone Again. Records October 2005 Bethmale CD EP Commission 45 January 2012 Other projects Several past and present members of Heligoland have been and are still involved in other musical projects Steve has played guitar in Tugboat band Tugboat and has played bass guitar in Dandelion Wine band Dandelion Wine Dave plays guitar in Tides band Tides Pete plays guitar in Marionettes band Marionettes Bek plays drums in Tugboat band Tugboat External links http www.heligoland.org Official He ... more details
Unreferenced date May 2007 Beyond Boundaries is a documentary series produced by Diverse Bristol for BBC Two . Each series follows a team of physically disabled adventurers as they take on some of the toughest expeditions on the Planet under the guidance of ex Special Air Service SAS Major Ken Hames . Series One Beyond Boundaries Nicaragua Beyond Boundaries Nicaragua is a series which follows a group of men and women, each of whom have a physical disability, as they trek across the rainforests, deserts, rivers and mountains of Nicaragua . The arduous route takes the participants from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. The last Westerner to attempt this route was Christopher Columbus in 1492, but he had a galleon and then only made it half way. They start on the treacherous Mosquito Coast , escorted by armed soldiers to protect them from bandits and drug traffickers. They then make their way through a jungle and crocodile infested rivers, and climb a live volcano to make it to their finish line the Pacific Coast . They have twenty eight days to cross two hundred and twenty miles. The team included Adrian Adepitan . This series was first transmitted on BBC Two in October 2005. Series Two Beyond Boundaries The African Challenge Beyond Boundaries The African Challenge follows a group of disabled adventurers on a 2,000 mile journey across continental Africa . They have to work together as a group to cross the two oldest deserts in the world, avoid lions and rhinos, and ride the world s most dangerous rapids at Victoria Falls before reaching their destination on the Skeleton Coast . This series was first transmitted on BBC Two in October 2006. Series Three Across the Andes Beyond Boundaries 10 physically disabled teenagers cross the Andes , one of the highest mountain ranges in the world. Over a period of four weeks and 400 km, these young people will have to fight their way from the edge of the Amazon Basin , climb to over 5000m to reach the snowline on Cotopaxi , t ... more details
and ornaments. ref name snowline cite web url http www.snowlinenews.com The 20People 20of 20Sikkim ... ed. work Snowline News online date 2010 12 07 accessdate 2011 02 17 ref Among Lepchas, there is a tradition ... name snowline ref name IM cite web url http www.indianmirror.com tribes bhutiatribes.html title Bhutia ... even among the Nepalese of Sikkim. ref name snowline Historically, the Bhutia practiced polyandry ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE Aa plant Taxobox name Aa image Aa species.jpg regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots ordo Asparagales familia Orchidaceae subfamilia Orchidoideae tribus Cranichideae subtribus Prescottiinae genus Aa genus authority Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach Rchb.f. , 1854 subdivision ranks Species subdivision See text Aa Rchb.f. 1854, is a genus of plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae . Species in this genus can be found growing Soil terrestrially in cold habitats near the snowline in the Andes and also in Costa Rica they are usually found close to small streams. The elongated inflorescence grows from a basal rosette of Leaf leaves , terminating in a small white resupination Orchidaceae non resupinate flower . This lip is fringed and hood shaped. The flower gives off a pungent smell that attracts Fly flies . This genus has often been included in the orchid genus Altensteinia . The first scientific description of a species of this genus was made in 1815 by Karl Sigismund Kunth , naming it first Ophrys paleacea small Kunth 1806 . small , and later Altensteinia paleacea . In 1854 Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach separated Aa from Altensteinia , to include two species Aa argyrolepis and Aa paleacea . The genus name apparently was rendered by the author to always appear first in alphabetical listings. Another disputed explanation, is that Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach named this genus after Pieter van der Aa the printer of the Dutch botanist Paul Herman s Paradisus Batavus . ref Cite web url http falco.elte.hu eoc ParadisusBatavus.htm title Paradisus batavus archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20020219095614 http falco.elte.hu eoc ParadisusBatavus.htm archivedate 2002 02 19 ref A few years later, Reichenbach reviewed the name of the genus and named it again Altensteinia . Finally in 1912 Rudolf Schlechter switched the name again to Aa , as more species were being discovered making the new name more significant. Species Aa achalensis Schltr. 19 ... more details
Infobox LOTR place place name Caradhras place alias Redhorn, Barazinbar, Baraz, Caradhras the Cruel place description peak place built Morgoth , when the Misty Mountains were raised place realm The Misty Mountains Portal Middle earth In the fictional universe of J. R. R. Tolkien s Middle earth , Caradhras , also called the Redhorn the literal English language English translation of the Sindarin name , and known in the Khuzdul Dwarves language as Barazinbar , is one of the mightiest peaks in the Misty Mountains . It stands above the Redhorn Gate, the only known surface route through the Misty Mountains between Rivendell and the Gap of Rohan . Along with Celebdil and Fanuidhol , Caradhras is one of the three Mountains of Moria , beneath which the great Dwarf Middle earth Dwarf palace of Moria Middle earth Khazad d m was built. Below the snowline, Caradhras is described as having dull red slopes, as if stained with blood , which is perhaps the origin of its name. Caradhras is the northernmost of the three Mountains of Moria. The mithril mines, on which Khazad d m s wealth was founded, were gradually extended north under Caradhras. It was here that Durin s folk miners found Durin s Bane , the Balrog of Moria Middle earth Moria . Caradhras has for centuries had an evil reputation, earning the sobriquet the Cruel . Gimli Middle earth Gimli says that Caradhras bore that name before Sauron was known in the area, and dislikes both Elf Middle earth Elves and Dwarves. The Redhorn Gate originally linked the former Noldor in realm of Eregion in the west to the Minor places in Middle earth Dimrill Dale and hence the Vale of Anduin in the east. After Eregion was destroyed in the War of the Elves and Sauron , this pass was predominantly used by Elves travelling between Lothl rien L rien and Eriador . The Hobbit s used this pass on their migration to Eriador from the Gladden Fields . The Redhorn Gate is notoriously treacherous, being noted especially as the site of Elrond s wife Cel ... more details
Skyrim border near the town of Snowline. It is the staging area for the military elements ... each other. Snowline A small town located dangerously close to the Hammerfell Skyrim border ... warring groups. Snowline becomes a hub for much of the mid game quests. Fearfrost An underground ... more details
Empire edition, page B 1 code nowiki Library card required nowiki code ref Education The town is in the Snowline ... Community Day School, and Phelan Elementary. ref http www.snowlineschools.com Snowline Joint Unified ... links http www.snowlineschools.com Snowline Joint Unified School District http www.snowlineschools.com ... more details
Cleanup date September 2009 Refimprove date September 2009 Taxobox name White eared Pheasant status NT status system IUCN3.1 image WhiteEaredPheasant.jpg image width regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Galliformes familia Phasianidae subfamilia Phasianinae genus Crossoptilon species C. crossoptilon binomial Crossoptilon crossoptilon binomial authority Brian Houghton Hodgson Hodgson , 1838 The Genus Crosssoptilon comprises four distinct ecological species of Eared Pheasants , so named because of their prominent ear tufts. White Eared Pheasants so called not because they are white eared , but because they are white and eared are called Shagga by indigenous Himalayan peoples. Shagga means Snow Fowl. Shagga are very gregarious birds, living in large flocks which forage on alpine tundra alpine meadow close to or above the snowline throughout the year. White Eared pheasants tend to fly a great deal more than their close relatives the brown eared and blue eared pheasants. All three ecological species are obliged to hover or volplane over deep snow. They do this with the aid of their great wide tails. Eared pheasants move across deep snow by whirring their wings and fluttering close to the ground, and supporting their weight on their retrices, leave characteristic if somewhat other worldly appearing tracks. Eared pheasant flight is often described as poor by the hunter collectors of the 18th century who used dogs to beat the birds from the ground for shooting. Eared Pheasants do not waste their energy on flying when quadrupeds take after them because they have adapted many defensive escape behaviors that do not require flight. When one lives with Eared Pheasants in their natural environment or free ranging in snowy environments, one is surprised at their aptitude for sustained flight movements that only take them a few hundred yards at a time but in the snowy seasons this is significant nonetheless. This ability to cover large areas by flight is ... more details
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