Good year for Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)
Observation: This year is a good year for ptarmigan. It's really nice after last year when there were hardly any around.
LEO says: Families of willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) join to form flocks in September. The ptarmigan then begin to move around more than in the nesting season. Females and males tend to separate in late September and October; the females, usually in small groups, seek food and shelter at lower elevations. In most parts of Alaska these movements to and from summer ranges encompass only a few miles. In other parts of the state good wintering places are far from the breeding grounds. Source: ADF&G (M. Tcheripanoff)
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