Jaanalind ostrich Teder black grouse Jahikull falcon Tedrekana grey-hen Jäälind ice-bird Tedrekukk black-cock Kajakas sea-gull Tihane titmouse Kakaduu cockatoo Tikutaja snipe Kalakotkas osprey Tuttpütt grebe Kaljukotkas goldeneagle Tutttihane crested titmouse Kalkun turkey Tuuletallaja wind-hover Kana hen Tuvi dove Kanaarilind canary Vabakana ptarmigan Kanakull gos hawk Varblane sparrow Kiivitaja lapwing Vares crow Koolibri humming bird Vint finch Kotkas eagle Vutt quail Kukk cock Ööbik nightingale Kuldnokk starling Öökull owl Kurg craue Öölind noeturual bird Käbilind conebird Öösorr nightjar Kägu cuckoo Lagle brent Laulurästas song-thrush Leevike bullfinch Lepalind - redstard
S) T O RC LF A O US W P I C LU C T S R I A AN (C ARCTIC WOLF, POLAR WOLF, WHITE WOLF • Weight: 45-70kg • They are not fast runners. • They hunt in packs. • They prey mainly on caribou and muskoxen, but also arctic hares, seals, ptarmigan, lemmings and smaller animals such as waterfowl. ARCTIC WOLVES ARE SMALLER THAN GREY WOLVES, THEY ALSO HAVE SMALLER EARS AND SHORTER MUZZLES TO RETAIN BODY HEAT. GREY WOLF ARCTIC WOLF HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION • They have lived in North America for more than two million years. • The arctic wolf inhabits the Canadian Arctic and the islands, parts of Alaska and northern parts of Greenland.
Population - 731,449 (47th) Native people Numerous tribes The Inuit people (eskimos) The Aleut people The Alutiiq people Colonisation Russians - 17th century Name origin Alaska (Russian) Alakshak (Aleutan) Peninsula Nicknames The Last Frontier Land of the Midnight Sun State of Alaska 1959 Symbols Flag - Seal - Symbols 2 Bird - Willow Ptarmigan Dog - Alaskan Malamute Sport Dog Mushing Head of state Governor Sean Parnell (2009..) Republican Geography Coastline 800km East Canada West the Bering Sea North Arctic Ocean South Pacific Ocean Mountains 50 peaks higher than 3.6km Mount McKinley 6.2km Mount Saint Elias 5.5km Lakes Lakes 3197 Lake Iliamna - 2,600 km², 301m deep
Introducing Red Grouse Scoticus(Lagopus Lagopus scotica ) Evelyn Landing Red grouse scoticus: medium-sized bird found in heather moorland in Great Britain and Ireland usually classified as a subspecies of the Willow Ptarmigan but is sometimes considered to be a separate species moorfowl or moorbird Description plumage being reddish brown, and not having a white winter plumage tail is black and the legs are white white stripes on the underwing red combs over the eye young birds are duller and lack the red combs Habitat Red Grouse is endemic to the British Isles The British population is estimated at about
They rub, roll and wallow. Don't mallow before breeding season. Dall sheep. White, wooly coat. Age can be counted. Predators: wolves, eagles and bears. Males and females live separately. Lives up to 10 years. Orca. Fastest marine mammal. Apex predators. Intelligent and higly social. Secondheaviest brain after humans. Females go through menopause. Fish. Salmon boat 37 ft. long. State fish: King salmon. State Marine Mammal: Bowhead whale. Birds. State Bird: Willow Ptarmigan. Swans, eagles, owles, ducks, e.g. Amphibians and reptiles. Extreme temperatures. Two species of frogs. Three species of salamanders. Two species of turtles. Endangered species. One of the smallest endangered species lists. 11 endangered species. Threats to the wildlife of Alaska. Hunting. Global warming. Diseases. Used sources. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_of_Alaska http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/brownbear/ http://www.americanbear
Cornish: porbeagle, wrasse. Gaelic, general: bog, cairn, clarsach, ceilidh, coronach, crag, crannog, gab/gob, galore, skene, usquebaugh/whisk(e)y; Irish: banshee, blarney, brogue, colleen, hooligan, leprechaun, lough, macushla, mavourneen, poteen, shamrock, shebeen, shillelagh, smithereens, spalpeen, Tory; Scottish: caber, cailleach, cairngorm, clachan, clan, claymore, corrie, glen, loch, lochan, pibroch, plaid, ptarmigan, slogan, sporran, strath, trews, trousers. Welsh: bug, coracle, corgi, cromlech, cwm, eisteddfod, flannel, flummery 7. Scandinavian borrowings 1000 (2000) borrowings. 3 Closed class words o They, them, their, fro Everyday words: