Saturday, October 5, 2024

Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024 Airs Willow Ptarmigans for October


Summary: Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024 airs willow ptarmigans for October, when the National Audubon Society appreciates autumnal Arctic, near-Arctic wildlife.

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Willow ptarmigans abandon a female red- and male brown-red-bodied summer appearance for an all-white winter and vice versa; Willow Grous or Large Ptarmigan; Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R.S., F.L.S.; Engraved, Printed & Coloured by R. Havell, 1834; John James Audubon, The Birds of America, No. 39, Plate CXCI: Public Domain, via ULS (University of Pittsburgh Library System)

Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024 airs willow ptarmigans as wild October animals in wild October areas, whereby the National Audubon Society appreciates autumnal Arctic, near-Arctic wildlife in Canadian, Mexican, Unitedstatesian North America.
The Chordata phylum and Aves class (from Greek χορδή, “guts” via Latin chorda, “[spinal] cord”; Latin avis, “bird”) member breeds in Arctic, near-Arctic America and Asia. The Galliformes order (from Latin gallus, “male chicken, rooster” and fōrma, “shape” via -fōrmis, “-shaped”) member congregates in Arctic, near-Arctic Canada, Russia, Scandinavia and United States. The Phasianidae family (from Greek φασιανός, “pheasant [Phasianus colchicus]” via Latin Phasianus; and from Greek ειδής, “-appearing, -resembling” via Latin -idæ) member otherwise domiciles further inland.
The Lagopus lagopus (from Greek λαγώς πούς, “hare foot” via Greek λαγώπους and Latin lagōpūs, “hare’s-foot [herb], ptarmigan”) genus and species member embraces annual mating seasons.

Willow ptarmigans abide March through October in spring- and summer-breeding grounds. They abound in Arctic and near-Arctic America (Alaska and Canada) and Asia (Russia and Scandinavia). They accept as residence grounds inland areas of America (Alaska and Canada) and Asia (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Scandinavia, United Kingdom); map of geographical distribution of the Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus, adapted from BirdLife International and Handbook of the Birds of the World (2016) 2006. Lagopus lagopus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2 @ https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22679460/89520690: Darekk2 and the IUCN Red List spatial data, CC BY SA 4.0 International, via Wikimedia Commons

Annual spring and summer mating-season months feature maximally 4-month breeding responsibilities, with single-mother, 20- to 26-day incubating and, with fathers as guards, 12- to 13-day mothering.
Non-breeding winter grounds guide willow ptarmigans, gauged taxonomically by Carl Linnaeus (May 23, 1707-Jan. 10, 1778) in 1758, to birch, juniper and willow scrublands and woodlands. Boggy, open tundra; close, low, shrubby growth on open-area rocks; low woodlands; and willow thickets along low, moist river corridors hold Arctic-, sub-Arctic-, subalpine-housed willow ptarmigans. Willow ptarmigans, identified commonly as red grouse and as willow grouse, install their nests as shallow soil-scraped bowls under overhead canopy, small shrubs and vegetation tufts.
Female willow ptarmigans and their perhaps 4 to 17 fledged chicks jubilate wild October on Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024 by joining maximally 2,200-member winter flocks.

Willow ptarmigan nests accommodate glossy, heavily and irregularly blotched, marked and mottled, 1.73- by 1.26-inch (44- by 32-millimeter), red or yellow, smooth, sub-elliptical eggs laid at 36- to 48-hour intervals for 20- to 26-day incubations; Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 10:27, image of willow ptarmigan nest, north of Kinzarof Lagoon, Izembek National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), northwest (Bering Sea) coastal side of central Aleutians East Borough, southwestern Alaska; photo by Kristine Sowl/USWFS: Alaska Region U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWSAlaska), Public Domain, via Flickr

Willow ptarmigan mothers-to-be keep their 4- to 17-, 6- to 11-, 8- to 10-egg single broods in ground-level, 3- to 4-inch- (7.62- to 10.16-centimeter-) deep nests.
Grass-, heather stem-, moss-lined, 6- to 8-inch (15.24- to 20.32-centimeter) inside-diameter nests lodge glossy, red or yellow, smooth, sub-elliptical eggs laid at 36- to 48-hour intervals. Willow ptarmigan fathers-to-be monitor their mates’ 20- to 26-day incubations of 1.73- by 1.26-inch (44- by 32-millimeter) eggs so heavily and irregularly blotched, marked and mottled. Next-to-last or last egg-laying necessitates near-month-long, September incubations; hatchling, nestling and fledgling October populations; and juvenile and mature numbers November through February, before March-August mating seasons.
Semi-precocial (from Latin prae- coquō, “before I ripen” via praecox, “premature”) hatchlings obtain down everywhere apart toenails before wild October on Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024.

Willow ptarmigan chicks act as independent 8- to 10-week-olds. They add flying accomplishments to walking achievements as 12- to 16-day-olds; Friday, June 24, 2011, 19:19, image of willow ptarmigan chicks, Denali National Park and Preserve, Interior Alaska: John Shadle (Shadle), CC BY SA 3.0 Unported, via Wikimedia Commons

Hatchlings possess black bills; black-bordered chestnut-red crowns and ear-coverts; buff-sandy-white downy cheeks, sides and undersides and buff-sandy-white-streaked beak- to eye-area lores and ear-coverts to nape-streaked sides.
Midback-saddled hatchlings quarter black-banded shoulders; black-banded border to buff-rufous (from Latin rūfus, “red”), dorsum- (from Latin dorsum, “[the] back”) centered stripe; dark-patched rumps; black-edged brown-red wings. Black-billed, black-tailed, white-bodied winter-molted females and males respectively reveal brown-yellow, red comb-less bodies; and red-combed heads, brown-red upper-sides, dark-, scaly-barred, white bellied undersides and feathered feet. Their 9-year lifespans secure 14- to 17.5-inch- (35- to 44-centimeter-) long, 15- to 28-ounce (425- to 800-gram) bodies with 22- to 24-inch (56- to 61-centimeter) wingspans.
Willow ptarmigans transmit clucking, growling, hissing, meowing, peeping, purring sounds and Kow-Kow-Kow pre-flushing calls from one October through the next on Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024.

Winter-molted female willow ptarmigans affect an all-white appearance. They are black-billed and brown-eyed. Winter-molted male willow ptarmigans assume a white-bodied appearance with white-feathered legs. They otherwise attain colorful add-ons with black bills; black heads, shoulders and upper breasts and backs; and brown eyes. They attract appreciative audiences with their red-combed heads; Friday, April 18, 2008, image of willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus), Alaska, by Tim Bowman/USFWS: Public Domain, via USFWS National Digital Library

Acknowledgment
My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Dedication
This post is dedicated to the memory of our beloved blue-eyed brother, Charles, who guided the creation of the Met Opera and Astronomy posts on Earth and Space News. We memorialized our brother in "Our Beloved Blue-Eyed Brother, Charles, With Whom We Are Well Pleased," published on Earth and Space News on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, an anniversary of our beloved father's death.

Image credits:
Willow ptarmigans abandon a female red- and male brown-red-bodied summer appearance for an all-white winter and vice versa; Willow Grous or Large Ptarmigan; Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R.S., F.L.S.; Engraved, Printed & Coloured by R. Havell, 1834; John James Audubon, The Birds of America, No. 39, Plate CXCI: Public Domain, via ULS (University of Pittsburgh Library System) @ https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3Aaud0191; Birds of America, vol. V (1842), No. 60, Plate 299, opposite page 114, Not in copyright, via Biodiversity Heritage Library @ https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40419699; Biodiversity Heritage Library (BioDivLib), Public Domain, via Flickr @ https://www.flickr.com/photos/61021753@N02/8589031539/; Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:191_Willow_Grous_or_Large_Ptarmigan.jpg
Willow ptarmigans abide March through October in spring- and summer-breeding grounds. They abound in Arctic and near-Arctic America (Alaska and Canada) and Asia (Russia and Scandinavia). They accept as residence grounds inland areas of America (Alaska and Canada) and Asia (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Scandinavia, United Kingdom); map of geographical distribution of the Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus, adapted from BirdLife International and Handbook of the Birds of the World (2016) 2006. Lagopus lagopus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2 @ https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22679460/89520690: Darekk2 and the IUCN Red List spatial data, CC BY SA 4.0 International, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Willow_Ptarmigan_Lagopus_lagopus_distribution_map.png
Willow ptarmigan nests accommodate glossy, heavily and irregularly blotched, marked and mottled, 1.73- by 1.26-inch (44- by 32-millimeter), red or yellow, smooth, sub-elliptical eggs laid at 36- to 48-hour intervals for 20- to 26-day incubations; Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 10:27, image of willow ptarmigan nest, north of Kinzarof Lagoon, Izembek National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), northwest (Bering Sea) coastal side of central Aleutians East Borough, southwestern Alaska; photo by Kristine Sowl/USWFS: Alaska Region U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWSAlaska), Public Domain, via Flickr @ https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfws_alaska/12979767273/; Alaska Region U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Willow_Ptarmigan_nest_(12979767273).jpg
Willow ptarmigan chicks act as independent 8- to 10-week-olds. They add flying accomplishments to walking achievements as 12- to 16-day-olds; Friday, June 24, 2011, 19:19, image of willow ptarmigan chicks, Denali National Park and Preserve, Interior Alaska: John Shadle (Shadle), CC BY SA 3.0 Unported, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Willow_Ptarmigan_chicks.jpg
Winter-molted female willow ptarmigans affect an all-white appearance. They are black-billed and brown-eyed. Winter-molted male willow ptarmigans assume a white-bodied appearance with white-feathered legs. They otherwise attain colorful add-ons with black bills; black heads, shoulders and upper breasts and backs; and brown eyes. They attract appreciative audiences with their red-combed heads; Friday, April 18, 2008, image of willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus), Alaska, by Tim Bowman/USFWS: Public Domain, via USFWS National Digital Library @ https://digitalmedia.fws.gov/digital/collection/natdiglib/id/3632/; USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service), Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ptarmigan9.jpg

For further information:
Baicich, Paul J.; and Colin J. O. Harrison. 2005. "Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)." Page 109. Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds. Second edition. Princeton NJ; and Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England: Princeton University Press.
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Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/10/audubon-arctic-wall-calendar-2024-airs.html
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Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/09/audubon-arctic-wall-calendar-2024-dall.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 3 August 2024. "Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024 Arctic Terns Above August Nagoon?" Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/08/are-audubon-arctic-wall-calendar-2024.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 6 July 2024. "Ivishak River Acts as Wild July on Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/07/ivishak-river-acts-as-wild-july-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 4 May 2024. "Beluga Whales Awe Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024 as Wild May." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
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Marriner, Derdriu. 2 March 2024. "Baffin Bay Agrees as Wild March With Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/03/baffin-bay-agrees-as-wild-march-with.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 3 February 2024. "Tufted Puffins Add Wild February to Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2024." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2024/02/tufted-puffins-add-wild-february-to.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 30 December 2023. "Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 Assigns Snowy Owls to December Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/12/audubon-arctic-wall-calendar-2022.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 December 2023. "Spectacled Eiders Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 December Birds." Earth and Space News. Friday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/12/spectacled-eiders-are-audubon-arctic.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 11 November 2023. "Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 Adds Mount Katmai to Wild November." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/11/audubon-arctic-wall-calendar-2022-adds.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 14 October 2023. "Caribou Abound as Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 October Animals." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/10/caribou-abound-as-audubon-arctic-wall.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 October 2023. "Red-Necked Phalaropes, Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 October Birds." Earth and Space News. Sunday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/10/red-necked-phalaropes-audubon-arctic.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 9 September 2023. "Brown Bears Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 September Animals." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/brown-bears-are-audubon-arctic-wall.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 2 September 2023. "Polar Bears Act as Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 September Animals." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/polar-bears-act-as-audubon-arctic-wall.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 12 August 2023. "Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 Augurs King Eiders as August Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/08/audubon-arctic-wall-calendar-2022.html#google_vignette
Marriner, Derdriu. 5 August 2023. "Savannah Sparrows Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 August Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/08/savannah-sparrows-are-audubon-arctic.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 July 2023. "Kenai Peninsula Awes, As Wild July, Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/07/kenai-peninsula-awes-as-wild-july.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 10 June 2023. "Buff-Breasted Sandpipers, Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 June Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/06/buff-breasted-sandpipers-audubon-arctic.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 3 June 2023. "Rock Ptarmigans Act as June Birds on Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/06/rock-ptarmigans-act-as-june-birds-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 6 May 2023. "Moose Appear as May Animals on Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/05/moose-appear-as-may-animals-on-audubon.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 April 2023. "Brooks Range Acts as Wild April on Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/04/brooks-range-acts-as-wild-april-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 April 2023. "Arctic Terns Are April Birds on Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/04/arctic-terns-are-april-birds-on-audubon.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 4 March 2023. "Western Sandpipers Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 March Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/03/western-sandpipers-are-audubon-arctic.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 4 March 2023. "Baffin Island Wolves Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 Wild March." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/03/baffin-island-wolves-are-audubon-arctic.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 18 February 2023. "Musk Ox, Muskox Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar February 2022 Animals." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/02/musk-ox-muskox-are-audubon-arctic-wall.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 11 February 2023. "Red-Throated Loons Are Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023 February Birds." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/02/red-throated-loons-are-audubon-arctic.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 21 January 2023. "Mallard Ducks Aced Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2022 as January Birds." Earth and Space News. Sunday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/01/mallard-ducks-aced-audubon-arctic-wall.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 January 2023. "Red Foxes Are January Wildlife on Audubon Arctic Wall Calendar 2023." Earth and Space News. Sunday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/01/red-foxes-are-january-wildlife-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 3 December 2022. "Dark-Eyed Juncos Are December Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/12/dark-eyed-juncos-are-december-birds-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 26 November 2022. "Eared Grebes Are November Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/11/eared-grebes-are-november-birds-on-2022.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 October 2022. "Barred Owls Are October Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/10/barred-owls-are-october-birds-on-2022.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 3 September 2022. "Brown Pelicans Are September Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/09/brown-pelicans-are-september-birds-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 7 August 2022. "Allen’s Hummingbirds Are August Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Sunday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/08/allens-hummingbirds-are-august-birds-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 30 July 2022. "Reddish Egrets Are July Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/07/reddish-egrets-are-july-birds-on-2022.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 4 June 2022. "American Oystercatchers Are June Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/06/american-oystercatchers-are-june-birds.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 5 May 2022. "Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks Are May Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Sunday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/05/rose-breasted-grosbeaks-are-may-birds.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 10 April 2022. "Crested Caracaras Appear as April Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Sunday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/04/crested-caracaras-appear-as-april-birds.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 19 March 2022. "Cerulean Warblers Are March Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/03/cerulean-warblers-are-march-birds-on.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 5 February 2022. "Northern Bobwhites Are February Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/02/northern-bobwhites-are-february-birds.html
Marriner, Derdriu. 1 January 2022. "Florida Scrub-Jays Are January Birds on the 2022 Audubon Calendar." Earth and Space News. Saturday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/01/florida-scrub-jays-are-january-birds-on.html


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