Willow ptarmigan/dalripa photographed in Fulufjället national park, Dalarna, Sweden (June 6, 2021).
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how did i get this far without any owls🦉
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day 8
today's bird is the willow ptarmigan! (nonbreeding plumage)
- flocks of willow ptarmigans can be as large as 2,200!!
- the genus and species name for willow ptarmigan, lagopus, means "hare-footed" in greek 🐇
- willow ptarmigans love to play !!
- male willow ptarmigans regularly help raise their young
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Red grouse! A moorland subspecies of the willow ptarmigan distinguished by reddish feathers that don’t moult to white in the winter.
[ID: an illustration of a round, reddish-brown game bird facing to the right. It is on a teal and yellow background with pink flowers and petals. End.]
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Optional Fun Thing: If you voted 1 or 2, click here. If you voted 3 or 4, click here! (5 can choose randomly =D)
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BOTD: Willow Ptarmigan
Photo: Jean-Guy Dallaire
"Aptly named, this common northern grouse is closely associated with thickets of dwarf willow on the tundra at all seasons. It occurs in isolated pairs at the beginning of the nesting season, but gathers in flocks in winter. Molting its body feathers twice a year, it goes from mottled brown or gray in summer to white in winter, so that it's camouflaged at all seasons. In winter its feet are heavily feathered to the tips of the toes; these feathers increase the surface area of the feet and act as 'snowshoes,' allowing the birds to walk easily over fresh drifts."
- Audubon Field Guide
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Had to draw this wild little dude, I love the noises he makes
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Another congratulation card for a new parent cousin, there is a baby boom in my extended family this year it seems
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