WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN
(Lagopus leucura - formerly Lagopus leucurus)
White-tailed Ptarmigan is found above the tree line on open tundra. It is always perfectly camouflaged - pure white
against the snow in winter, and speckled gray and white in summer to perfectly blend in with the rocks.
against the snow in winter, and speckled gray and white in summer to perfectly blend in with the rocks.
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Medicine Bow Curve, Rocky Mountain NP, CO
July 7, 2010 ©John Schwarz
Medicine Bow Curve, Rocky Mountain NP, CO
July 7, 2010 ©John Schwarz
OTHER
UPLAND GAME BIRDS
EXOTIC GAME BIRDS
Common Peafowl
CHACHALACAS, GROUSE
& PARTRIDGES
Dusky Grouse
Gray Partidge
Greater Sage-Grouse
Plain Chachalaca
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Sooty Grouse
PHEASANTS & PRAIRIE CHICKENS
Ring-necked Pheasant
PTARMIGAN, QUAIL & TURKEYS
California Quail
Gambel's Quail
Mountain Quail
Northern Bobwhite
Scaled Quail
Wild Turkey
Medicine Bow Curve, Rocky Mountain NP, CO
July 7, 2010 ©John Schwarz
Medicine Bow Curve, Rocky Mountain NP, CO
July 7, 2010 ©John Schwarz
Medicine Bow Curve, Rocky Mountain NP, CO
July 7, 2010 ©John Schwarz
Medicine Bow Curve, Rocky Mountain NP, CO
July 7, 2010 ©John Schwarz
Medicine Bow Curve, Rocky Mountain NP, CO
July 7, 2010 ©John Schwarz
Medicine Bow Curve, Rocky Mountain NP, CO
July 7, 2010 ©John Schwarz
Medicine Bow Curve, Rocky Mountain NP, CO
July 7, 2010 ©John Schwarz
Medicine Bow Curve, Rocky Mountain NP, CO
July 7, 2010 ©John Schwarz
Medicine Bow Curve, Rocky Mountain NP, CO
July 7, 2010 ©John Schwarz
Medicine Bow Curve, Rocky Mountain NP, CO
July 7, 2010 ©John Schwarz