How to Use ptarmigan in a Sentence

ptarmigan

noun

• The herders watch the birds, the snow buntings and ptarmigans, the ravens and bluethroats.
  — Juliana Hanle, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2019
• The ptarmigan are white; their plumage is controlled by the length of the day, not cold.
  — John Schandelmeier, Alaska Dispatch News, 4 Oct. 2017
• Hugo had pointed his first ptarmigan earlier in the fall.
  — Author: Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2018
• Our state bird, the willow ptarmigan, is a perfect example.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Apr. 2018
• Elk, caribou, and a variety of bird species (like the Atlantic puffin, or the ptarmigan) are also common sights along the sloping hills.
  — Claire Volkman, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2017
• The warm-bodied smell of ptarmigan buried in willow patches across the valley would never halt us all of a sudden and send us in a circle to locate the exact source.
  — Author: Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2018
• On the menu are willow, rock and white-tailed ptarmigan, spruce, ruffed and sharptail grouse and, if one resides in Southeast Alaska, the Sooty grouse (also known as Blue grouse or hooters).
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2019
• Some birds, like the willow ptarmigan in Alaska, may have adapted to survive cold winters by having big guts instead of big brains.
  — Geoffrey Giller, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2020
• The ptarmigan and rabbits whose furs turn white in October rest exposed against bare, snowless tundra.
  — Richard Adams Carey, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
• Seek out the smaller species of the tundra, from red foxes to ptarmigans, and document your discoveries in a photo- essay.
  — National Geographic, 12 June 2019
• Their 77 active projects deal with such issues as heavy-metal contamination of soil and the capture of ptarmigan chicks.
  — Andrea Pitzer, Washington Post, 26 May 2018
• The defining moment in hunting and wildlife photography for me came on a mid-September day while hunting whitetail ptarmigan in the high country where the Dall sheep make their living.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 27 June 2018
• Choose to head out on a riverside hike through lush landscapes inhabited by red deer, ptarmigan, and snowy owl, or spend time exploring Braemar’s charming shops and galleries.
  — National Geographic, 12 June 2019
• Dr Ønvik Pedersen’s team has found that at least three other species—ptarmigans (a type of grouse), sibling voles and Arctic foxes—are similarly hit.
  — The Economist, 19 Dec. 2017
• Stokkan is studying ptarmigan and other species of reindeer, and early results suggest turning off the clock may be a general pattern in other Arctic wildlife, Stokkan said.
  — Tia Ghose, WIRED, 11 Mar. 2010
• Higher up near the alpine regions, black pine yields to sheer granite and slate peaks, and chamois, ptarmigan, stoat and marmots peer curiously at visitors, while griffon vultures and golden eagles soar overhead.
  — Smithsonian, 15 June 2018
• However, the contaminants might impact the habitats of terrestrial birds like lapland longspurs, rosy finches and ptarmigan.
  — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 16 Oct 2024