Russell,

For most people, I suppose that the news about the rediscovery of the
Ivory-billed Woodpecker completely overshadowed your post about the Pelagic
Ptarmigans, but I've got to say that I think this story is almost as
astonishing.

Dennis Rockwell Kennewick, WA denrockwell at surfbest.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Russell Rogers" <rrogers at olypen.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 7:17 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Pelagic Ptarmigans?


> 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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