Rock Ptarmigan,
Hornemann's Redpoll and More
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Rock Ptarmigan is Nunavut's territorial
bird because it lives in the Arctic all year round. |
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VIDEO: Please see video of Rock Ptarmigan at Stromness Bay, Nunavut
on 25 August 2015. |
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Feathered legs down to its toes,
changing its plumage to white in winter, having long black claws so
that it can scratch through snow to reach vegetation, and burying
itself deep in snow help Rock Ptarmigan survive harsh winter
conditions. 25 August 2015. |
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Juvenile Hornemann's
Hoary Redpoll at Pond Inlet, northern Baffin Island, Nunavut, on 30
August 2015. Ron Pittaway was particularly delighted to see this
most northerly and largest of the redpolls on its breeding grounds.
Photo by Ian Scriver. |
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Lapland Longspur at
Cambridge Bay, Nunavut on 24 August 2015. |
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Juvenile Snow Bunting
at Cambridge Bay on 24 August 2015. |
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Two family groups of
Lesser Snow Geese in the Queen Maud Gulf. The left group only has
one gosling. 25 August 2015. |
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Brant at Pond Inlet on
30 August 2015 |
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Thick-billed Murres, Dovekies, Fulmars, Thayer's Gulls |
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