ptarmigan
willow grouse
willow ptarmigan

But he could not stop, for the mother ptarmigan was running on.

And he shot two ptarmigan, but would not eat them.

Even then it was not too late to eat of the ptarmigan.

He noticed her ptarmigan and thought of his own empty hand.

"I'm not sure the Ptarmigan could destroy it if we wanted to."

These others are good, especially the ptarmigan, but the red grouse is the king.

It has been compared in habit to that of the Ptarmigan.

However Ptarmigan caught fire later in 1907, and her upper works were destroyed.

A black fox came toward him, carrying a ptarmigan in his mouth.

I could even see a distorted image of the Ptarmigan reflected there.

She brought it down, then went to retrieve her two willow ptarmigan.

"That night I get one ptarmigan, and we are very hungry.

"The ptarmigan should be started first," she said, putting the bundle down on the beach.

Significant birds include the rock ptarmigan and the golden eagle.

This morning, which initiated my destiny, came about because of ptarmigan eggs.

"Be lucky to see a ptarmigan again this year," John commented as he closed the door.

She was carrying two fat, almost white, ptarmigan by their feathered feet.

Many of the birds such as ptarmigan, migrate south for the winter.

From the top of the gondola, the Ptarmigan area is more wooded.

Ptarmigan has undergone a number of upgrades since it came into service in 1982.

I kill three ptarmigan with the woman's revolver, and we are made somewhat strong again.

For small birds such as ptarmigan, the breast is most of the meat on the bird.

What are you going to do with the ptarmigan?"

The bowl forms the body of the ptarmigan and the spoon its tail.

This plant is an important food source for many types of animals, such as moose and ptarmigan.

The young woman noticed her looking at them and held up the willow grouse.

There may be willow grouse in those trees by that stream."

Willow grouse and Golden Eagles are frequently seen in the park.

Her hopes were more than fulfilled when a walk into the field away from the stream flushed a pair of willow grouse.

Snares are sometimes still set to catch ptarmigan and willow grouse in the traditional manner.

Game meat includes mountain hare, rock ptarmigan, willow grouse and moose.

It depicts a silver, red-armoured Willow Grouse in a blue field.

Like closely similar Willow Grouse has three plumages.

The willow grouse also inhabits the bogs.

Birds occasionally killed by the steppe polecat include grey partridges and willow grouse.

Calls and habits as Willow Grouse.

Suddenly a noisy willow grouse appeared out of a clump of trees halfway up a slope near the target course.

An all dark race of the Willow Grouse, confined to the British Isles, never turning white in winter.

"Here's your bird," Folara said as she approached, holding out the willow grouse with the small spear still sticking out of it.

Other native species include the black stork, common crane, silver seagull, willow grouse, and dunlin.

The word suovdnji in Sámi means a pit dug out of the snow, such as a hole for a willow grouse.

Willow Grouse and Red Grouse feed on the young shoots and seeds of this plant.

Try the willow grouse, it's the one I killed with the spear-thrower yesterday, but if the taste is not to your liking, please don't hesitate to have something else instead.

Overseas bird dogs are used to hunt quail, willow grouse, sand grouse, guinea fowl, sagehen, francolin.

It is usually classified as a subspecies of the Willow Grouse, but is sometimes considered to be a separate species Lagopus scoticus.

He became adept at finding willow grouse, which tasted like the white-feathered ptarmigan that he had grown so fond of, particularly the way that Ayla cooked them.

The Red Grouse is differentiated from the Willow Grouse and Ptarmigan by its plumage being reddish brown and not having a white winter plumage.

Habitat usually higher than Willow Grouse, mountain tops, tundra, well above tree-line, and in British Isles usually well above 2000 ft. 14 in. (35-36 cm.).

Characteristic of the species is abundant southern avifauna, and on the other hand the occurrence of northern species, such as the Willow Grouse and Rustic Bunting.

She brought it down, then went to retrieve her two willow ptarmigan.

The Willow Ptarmigan is also more common in this environment.

In all but one species (the Willow Ptarmigan), males are polygamous.

The Willow Ptarmigan is common in much of Alaska.

The Willow Ptarmigan has a varied and seasonal diet.

It is slighter smaller than the Willow Ptarmigan by about 10%.

Other reports from Alaska show the Willow Ptarmigan as secondary prey.

State bird: Willow Ptarmigan, decided by the Territorial Legislature in 1955.

Depending on the author, some ten to twenty subspecies of the Willow Ptarmigan have been recognized by different authors.

A small minority of male Willow Ptarmigan are polygynous but most are monogamous.

Instead, there were flocks of willow ptarmigan, Alaska's state bird, foraging lazily in the alder brush.

Despite this, in favourable seasons, many juveniles may survive and the population of Willow Ptarmigan is prone to wide fluctuations in size.

Of the third pair, rock ptarmigan Lagopus mutus and willow ptarmigan L.

They call several times while alighting and on settling from flight they shake their tails several times in the manner of Willow Ptarmigan.

The finely-barred greyish coloration makes it easy to distinguish this species from the much browner willow ptarmigan and rock ptarmigan.

Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)

The Willow Ptarmigan is a medium to large ground-dwelling bird and is the most numerous of the three species of Ptarmigan.

In another case, a Peregrine Falcon kleptoparasitized a Willow Ptarmigan from a Golden Eagle.

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.

In most other species of grouse, only the female takes care of the young, but the male Willow Ptarmigan also helps with feeding the brood and protecting them.

In all species except for the Willow Ptarmigan, the female takes all responsibility for nesting and caring for the chicks, as is typical with gamebirds.

It is usually classified as a subspecies of the Willow Ptarmigan but is sometimes considered to be a separate species, Lagopus scotica.

Widespread and not uncommon in its remote habitat, the Willow Ptarmigan is classified as a species of "Least Concern" by the IUCN.

Authors who recognize paleosubspecies have named the Pleistocene Willow Ptarmigan L. l. noaillensis (though the older name medius might be the correct one).

'Lagopus lagopus' is the 'Willow Grouse' of Europe, and called 'Willow Ptarmigan' in North America.