Willow Ptarmigans Camouflaged in Snow

Willow Ptarmigans Camouflaged in Snow

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Female Willow Ptarmigans (Lagopus lagopus) almost invisible in their white winter plumage in the snow at the Seal River estuary (north of Churchill), Manitoba

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