The White-Tailed Ptarmigan
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mKxOGBYvN7w/TzWW9Ybv7TI/AAAAAAAAE8M/EIxL2GU_BRo/s1600/001-White-tailed+Ptarmigan.jpgI myself have never seen a ptarmigan beyond a form of media, but isn't this a cute white-tailed ptarmigan?
http://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/White-tailed_Ptarmigan_b52-1-655_l_1.jpg
And this one almost perfectly matches the snow!
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And let's not forget about this one!
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/White-tailed_Ptarmigan_%28Lagopus_leucura%29_%2819728015794%29.jpg
And even this one looks majestic in the snow!
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bui6Eu1GjCM/UbVBt222HgI/AAAAAAAACx8/rhgRqTJ3QuQ/s1600/WTPT_6.jpg
And this one... looks like he's getting ready for the summer!
https://new.suttoncenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/IMG_5078small.jpg
And she's out for a stroll in a lush field.
https://awaytogarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/white-tailed-ptarmigan-bruce-cyg-1.jpg
And let's not forget this covey of three. Seems these girls are looking for something from afar.
The easiest way to tell a boy ptarmigan from a girl I know of is by the eyes. Every last ptarmigan in winter plumage here is a girl because only the boys have red eyecombs above their eyes. White-tailed ptarmigan are the smallest grouses around and thankfully still abundant in population. Wouldn't we be a little under half as tall as a white-tailed ptarmigan is long, given they average just near a foot and we average around five inches (31 cm & 127 mm, respectively)?
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