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. |
photo © Diane Brown, used with permission |
Willow Ptarmigan in winter |
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Ptarmigan in the winter |
photo © Bud Marschner, used with permission |
A ptarmigan changing from summer to winter colors. |
![]() photo © Mary Lou Guizzo, used with permission |
Ptarmigan in the summer |
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These two ptarmigan in the summer. |






