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unusual facts about Emerald-spotted Wood Dove


Emerald-spotted Wood Dove

When flying, Black-billed Wood Dove is told from this species by its bright chestnut underwings.


Asterolasia asteriscophora

The flowers, which appear in spring, are normally yellow though a white-flowering subspecies (A. asteriscophora subsp. albiflora) is found in Emerald, Victoria.

Blackwater Airport

QantasLink was the only scheduled operator at the time with daily flights to Brisbane, with some services operating via Emerald.

Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve

The lowveld woodlands harbour purple-crested lourie, emerald cuckoo, red-backed mannikin, golden-tailed woodpecker, gorgeous bushshrike, white-faced owl and a number of raptors like white-backed vulture, gymnogene, black-chested snake eagle, Wahlberg's eagle and long-crested Eagle.

Cardinia Reservoir

Cardinia Reservoir is a 287,000 megalitre water storage located in Emerald-Clematis-Dewhurst in south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.

Cathy Gordon Brown

The University of Oregon Oregon Daily Emerald noted that people disturbed by the spoiler effect in elections, particularly with respect to the close 2000 presidential election were singling out Ralph Nader for blame, but not "criticizing Cathy Gordon Brown" or other third party and independent candidates.

Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor

According to Emerald's Twitter account, the album's name refers to a figurative term in the film industry.

Dorchesterway

Olmsted wanted the Emerald Necklace to continue via the Dorchesterway to the shore of Boston Harbor’s Dorchester Bay and thus form a "U" shape.

Ellen's Acres

The show features a very imaginative five-year old child named Ellen who has adventures in a hotel her parents own approximately 40 miles from Tonopah, Nevada named the Emerald Acres (hence the show's title).

Emerald Beach, Missouri

Emerald Beach is a village in White River Township, Barry County, Missouri, United States.

Eumemmerring Province

In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 2,199 km2 and included the suburbs of Berwick, Cockatoo, Dandenong, Emerald, Gembrook, Narre Warren, Warburton and Yarra Junction.

Gembrook, Victoria

Later extensions to Emerald in 1965, and Lakeside (in Emerald Lake Park) in 1975, were opened and finally the last section to Gembrook in 1998, which saw the complete service resume between Belgrave and Gembrook.

Gemco Players

Gemco Players Community Theatre Inc. is a community theatre group in Emerald, Victoria and has been active now for 29 years.

Gibson Les Paul Studio

The Gem Series of 1996 had P-90 pickups and special finishes in "gemstone" colors: Amethyst, Sapphire, Topaz, Emerald, and Ruby.

Global Clean Energy Holdings

In mid-2011, GCEH, Emerald Biofuels and Honeywell's UOP LLC submitted a joint Renewable Fuel Standard pathway application to the U.S. EPA for Jatropha.

Harley Hunt

Hunt served as associate pastor of First Baptist Church of Port Angeles, Washington (1966–1968) and as senior pastor of Gregory Heights Baptist (now Burien Community) Church in Seattle, Washington (1968–1974), Clearfield Community Church in Clearfield, Utah (1974–1983), Emerald Baptist Church in Eugene, Oregon (1983–1985), and Grace Baptist Church in Tacoma, Washington (1994–2004).

HMS A5

The town virtually closed down for the funeral as a mark of respect, and bands and pipers from HMS Emerald, the Gordon Highlanders and that of Rear Admiral McLeod, the commanding officer of Haulbowline Naval Base.

Holden Monaro

The last Holden Monaro-badged coupe was purchased by Emerald, Queensland businessman Darryl Mattingley for A$187,355.55— around three times the normal retail price, on 19 February 2006.

Ingrebourne Marshes

There are two nationally rare Red Data Book species, the hoverfly Anasimyia interpuncta and the scarce emerald damselfly Lestes dryas.

International Journal of Manpower

The International Journal of Manpower is an academic journal published by the Emerald Group, (formerly MCB University Press), addressing topics in labour economics and human resource planning.

Koschei

In The Sandman: Fables and Reflections, Koschei's emerald heart (or, more likely a piece of green glass being passed off as such) passes into the possession of a Romani trader, then a werewolf, and finally Baba Yaga.

Marist College Emerald

The College bands are well known around Emerald and play a significant role in many town functions.

Moore House was named in honour of Father Daniel Moore, who was Parish Priest of Emerald when the college was founded.

In 1994 Joe McCorley proposed that the feasibility of opening a secondary college in Emerald be looked at.

Michele Busiri Vici

In the early sixties, Michele Busiri Vici was commissioned by the Aga Khan Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, along with other leading architects of the time Luigi Vietti and Jacques Couelle to create Porto Cervo and the Costa Smeralda or "The Emerald Coast".

Minnesota State Highway 254

Highway 254 crosses the East Branch Blue Earth River near its intersection with County Road 16 in Emerald Township.

Mount Timpanogos Wilderness

Some common wildlife found in Mount Timpanogos Wilderness include Rocky Mountain goat in the Emerald Lake region, as well as mule deer, elk, moose, mountain lion, black bear, and several species of raptor.

Nagasena

According to this legend, the Emerald Buddha would have been created in India in 43 BCE by Nagasena in the city of Pataliputra (today Patna).

Nina Shatskaya

In 2005 Shatskaya's third album Emerald (Изумруд), recorded in concert on March 13, 2005, at the Helikon Opera, came out as part of the Autumn Triptych concert series.

Oobius agrili

As part of the campaign against the emerald ash borer Elliot Elsley (EAB), American scientists in conjunction with the Chinese Academy of Forestry searched since 2003 for its natural enemies in the wild leading to the discovery of several parasitoid wasps, including Oobius agrili which is a solitary egg parasitoid of EAB on ash trees in Jilin province in 2004 and has been recorded to kill up to 60 percent of EAB eggs.

Puffing Billy Railway

Operations are centred on Belgrave, which houses the main offices of the railway (other offices are located at Emerald) as well as the locomotive running shed and locomotive workshops.

Red emerald

Philodendron or Red emerald, a variety of the plant philodendron

Rod Curl

Jeff is a veteran of the eGolf Tour and Gateway Tour and won the Tarheel Tour's (former name of eGolf Tour) 2004 and 2006 Emerald Lake Classic; he made his PGA Tour debut as a Monday qualifier at the 2012 Puerto Rico Open, finishing T71.

Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve

The Gravel Pits' SSSI notification also notes the growing botanical and entomological interest of the site, with thirteen species of Odonata (dragonflies) including the locally-distributed downy-emerald dragonfly Cordulia aenea.

Shadow of a Dark Queen

They discover the Emerald Queen's plans to become a host for a Valheru spirit trapped within several ancient artifacts, then lead her army across the sea to invade the Kingdom of the Isles.

SS Emerald

SS Emerald was a cruise ship owned by the Cyprus-based shipping company Louis Cruise Lines.

The Regent Rainbow was placed under arrest on 27 November of that year and, in December 1996, was sold to the Cyprus-based Louis Cruise Lines and renamed the Emerald.

Following the departure of Emerald from their service, Louis looked for other owners who would operate her for further use, since she met SOLAS 2010 regulations, but she remained laid up at Eleusis, alongside the Sapphire.

St. Sukie de la Croix

They wrote a satirical column together for the Emerald City News which was published weekly in London’s Capital Gay from the late 1980s to the early 1990s.

The Emerald Scepter

The Emerald Scepter is a fantasy novel by Thomas M. Reid, set in the world of the Forgotten Realms, and based on the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

The Emerald Wand of Oz

The Emerald Wand of Oz is a 2005 book by Sherwood Smith and is a continuation of the Oz series that was started by L. Frank Baum in 1900 and continued by his many successors.The book is illustrated by William Stout and published by Harper Collins.

Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial

After greeting Nao and telling him of the situation, Zero (as Run) learns that Belial is harvesting the universe for Emeralds, which can be converted into raw energy.

Votive crown

The Crown of the Andes is a votive crown from Colombia in gold with 450 emeralds, apparently made between the late 16th and 18th centuries, perhaps originally as an offering in thanks for the city of Popayán being spared from a plague.

Wat Phra Kaew

Continuing with the legend of the saint Nagasena of India, after remaining in Pataliputra (present day Patna) for three hundred years, the Emerald Buddha image was taken to Sri Lanka to save it from a civil war.

The earliest legend narrated to the iconic emerald image of the Buddha is that of Nagasena, a saint in India who with the help of Hindu god, Vishnu and demigod Indra had the Emerald Buddha image made, 500 years after Buddha attained Nirvana, from the precious stone of Emerald.

Wik and the Fable of Souls

On both the PC and the Xbox 360, each level includes three gems; (A Ruby, an Emerald, and a Diamond) capturing all of these throughout the course of the game is required in order to achieve the best ending.


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