Tag: Swedish

 Getting up early in the morning to go outside and hear the first birds singing, especially the cuckoo. The act of waking before dawn specifically for this purpose.

 A communal display ground where male birds — grouse, prairie chickens, ruffs, birds of paradise — gather to perform competitive mating displays for watching females. The males dance, strut, call, inflate air sacs, fan feathers, and fight, each defending a tiny territory within the lek. The females observe, choose, mate, and leave. The lek is a theater — the stage, the audience, and the audition happening in one place.

 The road-like path of light that the moon makes on water. A shimmering, elongated reflection that appears to lead from the viewer to the horizon.