ptarmigan betydelse and definition

Exempel på ptarmigan

• Breeding on the mountain plateau are ptarmigan, dotterel and snow bunting.

• There are many wide stretches of country to which people can go—where hikers can walk, where campers can camp, where ski-iers can ski and throw down sandwiches for the ptarmigan.

• Ptarmigan has cost us about £1·25 billion.

• Ptarmigan and ravens are considered the only year-round birds in the park, although 43 different species make seasonal use of the area.

• The summer plumage is browner and in the winter, the male willow ptarmigan lacks the rock ptarmigan's black stripe between the eyes and bill.

• Wildlife in the area includes pika, cougar, mule deer, elk, marmot, coyote, ptarmigan, and gray jay.

• Some of the common birds are ptarmigan, sea eagles, seagulls, and cormorants (coast).

• Certain birds such as the eider duck, guillemot and ptarmigan are hunted for food in the winter.