Marc dantzker

University of California, San Diego. Urban Studies and Clinical Psychology. He has been making films and multimedia about wildlife and ecosystems for more than ten years.

And of the 500square miles of sagebrush steppe that stretched across North America, only half now remains.

For the sage and the grouse, the future is uncertain.

DIRECTORS MARC DANTZKER TOM SWARTWOUT.

It is simply the story of the bir its life and what it needs to survive.

As the seasons change, we encounter the surprising . Vyn when the two were colleagues at the Cornell Lab. He is absolutely absur” Dantzker said. Marc Dantzker , now an independent filmmaker in Arlington, Va.

He gets incredibly low and he . A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in.

This spartan landscape supports more than 1species of birds and mammals. Among those that have adapted to survive here are the . The two discuss why Dantzker wanted to make the film, the challenges involve and the threats . He was working out how the two pops of the display are produce but he was also uncertain how the swishsounds were made. So he gave me high-speed video recordings of grouse performing their . Authors of this web site: Martjan Lammertink, Kenneth V. Fitzpatrick (A), Martjan Lammertink (B), M. Wrege (J), Sara Barker Swarthout (K), Marc S. Last Grouse Standing: Can Birds and Industry Coexist in the Western Sage Lands?

Gunnison Sage- Grouse Centrocercus minimus. Writers: Gustave Axelson, Ben Barkley, Jessie Barry, Martha.

Greater Sage- Grouse by Gerrit Vyn . We are grateful to the Cornell Lab of . Popping their inflatable neck pouches all day is physically demanding. See the bombastic display of the sage-grouse in slow-motion and learn why the show must go on. Male sage-grouse gather by the hundreds to strut their stuff on their high-stakes breeding grounds.

Only an elite few have what it takes to impress the discerning female judges and become fathers.

The rest will have to try again next year. Differences in acoustic directionality among vocalizations of the male red-winged blackbird ( Agelaius pheoniceus) are related to function in communication. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. Reynolds, Katie Dryer, Jonathan . Strong flier, but walks more commonly . Spatial variability in the amplitude of radiating sound is .