Willow ptarmigan in favourable seasons, many juveniles may survive and the population of willow ptarmigan is prone to wide fluctuations in size. By September, families begin to form flocks. The females and young migrate to lower altitudes and may overwinter from their breeding grounds in wooded valleys and hilly country. The males also congregate in small groups but do not usually travel as far as the females. The willow ptarmigan was adopted as the state bird of Alaska in 1955. Widespread and not uncommon in its remote habitat, the willow ptarmigan is classified as a species of "Least Concern" by the IUCN.
Return to White Plume Mountain Return to White Plume Mountain Return to White Plume Mountain is an adventure module for the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" roleplaying game released in 1999 by Wizards of the Coast under its then recently acquired "TSR" imprint. It is set in the "World of Greyhawk" campaign setting and is a sequel to Lawrence Schick's 1979 module "White Plume Mountain". The 64-page book was written by Bruce R. Cordell and updates the legend of the eponymous mountain and its previous inhabitant, the sorcerer Keraptis. In the Greyhawk timeline, the events in the module are assumed to occur 20 years after the