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Ptarmigan
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Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura)

Found this White-tailed Ptarmigan this past fall while hiking in the Alaska Mountain Range.
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Habitat
Mountians
Location
Alaska Range, Alaska
Date taken
9/2012
Scientific name
Lagopus leucura
Equipment used
Canon
crs
Excelent photo showing both bird and habitat. The lanscape is verz well shown too.

Thank you for sharing,
Cristian
 
IanF
Congratulations on taking third place in the February 2013 photo theme challenge - Camouflaged Birds :t:

The results were -

1st place - MarkVanWyk with Long-eared Owl which attracted 9/46 votes.


2nd place - kitefarrago with Snoozin' with 9/46 votes.

3rd place - jparks with Ptarmigan with 6/46 votes.
 
njlarsen
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Congratulations. Did you even see the bird before taking the shot? It looks like one of those one might find when returning home and looking at the pictures ;)

Niels
 

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