A ptarmigan chirps next to the trail, trying to distract us from her chicks. In the summer they are brown to match the rocks, and moult to white in the winter to match the snow.

Ptarmigan

A ptarmigan chirps next to the trail, trying to distract us from her chicks. In the summer they are brown to match the rocks, and moult to white in the winter to match the snow.

Published on August 29, 2016

Taken with a FUJIFILM X100T

23 mm focal length 1/800″ at f/8 ISO 400