Despite this, the test females still spent more time perched close to their preferred male (Figure 2A).
Other birds were seen perched close to the floor, darting to the ground, and returning to the perch with prey.
The smaller of Africa's two elephant species is perched closer to extinction than its larger savannah cousin.
In general, perches closest to the hallway or outside of the house were used more than perches in the middle of the pen.
Some species of butterflies, such as the Speckled Wood, Pararge aegeria, minimise their shadows when perched by closing the wings over their backs, aligning their bodies with the sun, and tilting to one side towards the sun, so that the shadow becomes a thin inconspicuous line rather than a broad patch.
As at past "Kids Choicee" shows, celebrities (and those in the audience perched perilously close to the stage) can expect to be doused, sprayed and, in some cases, drenched by the viscous goop, which is about as thick as pancake batter.
And when the house was perched especially close to the lake, we could see televisions glowing ghostly and blue.
Close by, perched on a pile of rocks, was a plump, robin-sized bird with sooty plumage and a rusty-orange tail.
A refrigerator!" A blue bookcase sat wedged at the water's edge, while close by a sewing machine perched.
And each house has a hot tub perched by the waterfront.
If a bald eagle flies close by, waterbirds will often fly away en masse, though in other cases they may seemingly ignore a perched eagle.
