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Northern Sights - Bangor Daily News

Northern Sights
Bangor Daily News, ME - 18 hours ago
Right away, Nancy Larson spotted a willow ptarmigan, a relative of Maine’s ruffed grouse, aka partridge. This ptarmigan was a large, beautiful bird, ...

Last stand of trees - RoxReview.com

Last stand of trees
RoxReview.com, PA - Oct 29, 2008
The real state bird of Alaska is the willow ptarmigan. The ptarmigan changes its plumage from mottled brown from spring to fall to white from fall to spring ...

Sarah Palin’s BBC Jihad In London - Anorak.co.uk (satire)

Sarah Palin’s BBC Jihad In London
Anorak.co.uk (satire), UK - Oct 27, 2008
The name Willow relates to the state bird, the willow ptarmigan, and a nearby town, the paper says, while daughter Piper shares her name with the family’s ...

Chris Czajkowski lanches a new book - Williams Lake Tribune

Chris Czajkowski lanches a new book
Williams Lake Tribune, Canada - Oct 23, 2008
Woodpeckers, mice, mountain chickadees, nuthatches, grey jays (camp robbers), American dippers, a willow ptarmigan, even a pine beetle. ...

Population biology: Case of the absent lemmings - Nature.com (subscription)

Nature.com (subscription)

Population biology: Case of the absent lemmings
Nature.com (subscription), UK - Nov 5, 2008
They argue that the scarcity of lemmings means that predators such as foxes turn their attention to other species, including willow grouse and ptarmigan, ...