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Posted by Mirjam Bruck-Cohen on September 28, 2005, 12:21 pm
What is a Ptarmigan , please ???
mirjam
On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 07:53:29 -0600, "Dawne Peterson"
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>"Lucille" wrote
>> Just for the heck of it I looked it up on google and this is what I came
>up
>> with: There is no difference between a partridge and a quail! In
>northern
>> regions it is called a quail while in southern regions the same bird is
>> known as a partridge (in a pear tree).
>Here in southern Saskatchewan, which Google probably thinks is a northern
>region, we have both quail and partridges, and they aren't the same birds.
>In Northern regions, they have Ptarmigan!!
>Dawne
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Posted by Dianne Lewandowski on September 28, 2005, 1:43 pm
Ptarmigans are hardy northern birds with feathered legs and feet.
Plumage is molted three times a year, matching seasonal changes in
habitat. Thus, birds are dark and mottled in summer, more finely
mottled in early fall, and white in winter.
Grouse (some known as prairie chickens), a game bird, fall into the same
family Phasianidae).
Dianne
Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote:
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> What is a Ptarmigan , please ???
> mirjam
> On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 07:53:29 -0600, "Dawne Peterson"
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>>"Lucille" wrote
>>>Just for the heck of it I looked it up on google and this is what I came
>>up
>>>with: There is no difference between a partridge and a quail! In
>>northern
>>>regions it is called a quail while in southern regions the same bird is
>>>known as a partridge (in a pear tree).
>>Here in southern Saskatchewan, which Google probably thinks is a northern
>>region, we have both quail and partridges, and they aren't the same birds.
>>In Northern regions, they have Ptarmigan!!
>>Dawne
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Posted by Mirjam Bruck-Cohen on September 28, 2005, 4:56 pm
Thank you that was a facinating explanation ... do they migrtae ???
mirjam
On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:43:49 -0500, Dianne Lewandowski
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>Ptarmigans are hardy northern birds with feathered legs and feet.
>Plumage is molted three times a year, matching seasonal changes in
>habitat. Thus, birds are dark and mottled in summer, more finely
>mottled in early fall, and white in winter.
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Posted by F.James Cripwell on September 28, 2005, 4:04 pm
Mirjam Bruck-Cohen (mirjam@actcom.co.il) writes:
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> Thank you that was a facinating explanation ... do they migrtae ???
> mirjam
> On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:43:49 -0500, Dianne Lewandowski
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>>Ptarmigans are hardy northern birds with feathered legs and feet.
>>Plumage is molted three times a year, matching seasonal changes in
>>habitat. Thus, birds are dark and mottled in summer, more finely
>>mottled in early fall, and white in winter.
No they do not migrate. As Dianne noted, they change plumage to
match the seasons. One little bit of trivia which might interest people
not familiar with these birds. In winter, they feed in the open during the
day, where they can spot any predators. At night they fly straight into snow
banks, so that they dont leave any trail for predators to follow. Another
bit of trivia. A small settlement in Alaska wanted to call themselves
Ptarmigan; but no-one knew how to spell the name, so they changed it to
Chicken.
--
Jim Cripwell. A volante tribe of bards on earth are found,/ who, while the
flattering zephyrs round them play,/ on "coignes of vantage" build their nests
of clay;/ how quickly from that aery hold unbound,/ dust for oblivion!/ To
the solid ground/ of nature trusts the mind that builds for aye. Wordsworth.
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Posted by Mirjam Bruck-Cohen on September 28, 2005, 5:44 pm
thank you that was interesting
mirjam
On 28 Sep 2005 20:04:24 GMT, bf906@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (F.James
Cripwell) wrote:
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>Mirjam Bruck-Cohen (mirjam@actcom.co.il) writes:
>> Thank you that was a facinating explanation ... do they migrtae ???
>> mirjam
>> On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:43:49 -0500, Dianne Lewandowski
>>
>>>Ptarmigans are hardy northern birds with feathered legs and feet.
>>>Plumage is molted three times a year, matching seasonal changes in
>>>habitat. Thus, birds are dark and mottled in summer, more finely
>>>mottled in early fall, and white in winter.
> No they do not migrate. As Dianne noted, they change plumage to
>match the seasons. One little bit of trivia which might interest people
>not familiar with these birds. In winter, they feed in the open during the
>day, where they can spot any predators. At night they fly straight into snow
>banks, so that they dont leave any trail for predators to follow. Another
>bit of trivia. A small settlement in Alaska wanted to call themselves
>Ptarmigan; but no-one knew how to spell the name, so they changed it to
>Chicken.
>--
>Jim Cripwell. A volante tribe of bards on earth are found,/ who, while the
>flattering zephyrs round them play,/ on "coignes of vantage" build their nests
>of clay;/ how quickly from that aery hold unbound,/ dust for oblivion!/ To
>the solid ground/ of nature trusts the mind that builds for aye. Wordsworth.
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>> Just for the heck of it I looked it up on google and this is what I came
>up
>> with: There is no difference between a partridge and a quail! In
>northern
>> regions it is called a quail while in southern regions the same bird is
>> known as a partridge (in a pear tree).
>Here in southern Saskatchewan, which Google probably thinks is a northern
>region, we have both quail and partridges, and they aren't the same birds.
>In Northern regions, they have Ptarmigan!!
>Dawne