Tweeters,

I just received the most recent issue of the Wilson Bulletin. In it is
the following paper;

Zimmerman, Christian E., Nicola Hillgruber, Sean E. Burril, Michelle A.
St. Peters, and Jennifer D. Wetzel. 2005. Offshore marine observations
of Willow Ptarmigan, including water landings, Kuskokwim Bay, Alaska.
Wilson Bulletin 117(1): 12-14.

The authors document a fairly remarkable behavior that I did not know
existed amongst galliforms! A flock of approximately 125 Ptarmigans
about 17km off shore. Check out the photos at;

http://www.absc.usgs.gov/research/Fisheries/Western_Alaska/ptarmigan.htm


Russell


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