Ptarmigan

ptarmigan
photo © Doug Lloyd, used with permission

 

Ptarmigans use color to camouflage and blend in. In the summer, ptarmigan are brown and in the winter they turn white.

2009:  Willow ptarmigan  photo © Diane Brown, used with permission Willow Ptarmigan in winter
Willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) 

 

Ptarmigan in the winter

photo © Bud Marschner, used with permission

 

A ptarmigan changing from summer to winter colors.

Ptarmigan-look at how well this animal blends in with the background-Rocky Mountain National Park
photo © Mary Lou Guizzo, used with permission

 

Ptarmigan in the summer

Willow Ptarmigan

 

These two ptarmigan in the summer.

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