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Lagopus lagopus
This female Ptarmigan was crossing the road with her 7 chicks. It was a very slow process (see the crouch/pause position of photo 4) until the mom was near the other side when she finally ran. The female is brown, back and white with white, feathery legs. The chicks have white spots and stripes on the wings. Male can be seen at my other spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/359...
Dirt road in Taiga forest at Denali National Park and Preserve.
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It was so fun to watch them cross the road! It was a long but adorable process :)
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Thank you! I really loved the wildlife in Alaska and hope to return soon.
The babies are so cute! really nice spottings Cindy, many thanks for sharing here! :-)