Observation:Mgoff 137
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Date | 2007/07/19 |
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Observer(s) | Matt Goff |
Coordinates | 57.056134719117, -135.28188943863 |
Locale | Sitka |
Location Name | Mount Verstovia Trail |
Elevation | 24002,400 ft 731.52 m |
Summary | (from http://www.sitkanature.org/wordpress/2007/07/19/daily-observations-230/ )
Just where the trail leaves the trees, I saw a family of Willow Ptarmigan, including the two parents and 8 chicks. I noticed they were eating vegetation and then coulde see where they had eaten ferns and hawkweed leaves. |
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Species Observed: Willow Ptarmigan, Thelypteris quelpaertensis, Hieracium triste