Willow Ptarmigan
Lagopus lagopus
The Willow Ptarmigan is non migratory. In winter, they attain all white plumage and tough out the cold arctic weather. Called “Willow Grouse” in Europe, this bird is found in arctic or subarctic areas in North America and Eurasia.
There is a village in Alaska called “Chicken”. The founders wanted to call it Ptarmigan, after this bird, but none of the founders knew how to spell it. So they named the town after the closest thing they could think of.

Willow Ptarmigan(Lagopus lagopus) |
Description: North Fork Pass, Dempster Highway, Yukon, Canada. |
Date Taken: 2005:06:19 19:20 |
Location:
North Fork Pass |
Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 280 mm, f/6.3, 1/90 |
File Name: JCD5534WillowPtarmigan |
© 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Willow Ptarmigan(Lagopus lagopus) |
Description: North Fork Pass, Dempster Highway, Yukon, Canada. |
Date Taken: 2005:06:19 19:33 |
Location:
North Fork Pass |
Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 280 mm, f/6.3, 1/60 |
File Name: JCD5559WillowPtarmigan |
© 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Willow Ptarmigan(Lagopus lagopus) |
Description: North Fork Pass, Dempster Highway, Yukon, Canada. |
Date Taken: 2005:06:29 11:42 |
Location:
Glenboyle |
Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 370 mm, f/11.0, 1/250 |
File Name: JCD6683WillowPtarmigan |
© 2005 - Jack Daynes - shadeTree Imaging |


Willow Ptarmigan(Lagopus lagopus) |
Description: North Fork Pass, Dempster Highway, Yukon, Canada. |
Date Taken: 2005:06:29 11:43 |
Location:
Glenboyle |
Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 420 mm, f/9.5, 1/250 |
File Name: JCD6687WillowPtarmigan |
© 2005 - Jack Daynes - shadeTree Imaging |


Willow Ptarmigan(Lagopus lagopus) |
Description: Chick at North Fork Pass, Dempster Highway, Yukon, Canada. |
Date Taken: 2005:06:29 11:45 |
Location:
Glenboyle |
Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/11.0, 1/250 |
File Name: JCD6697WillowPtarmigan |
© 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Willow Ptarmigan(Lagopus lagopus) |
Description: Papa at North Fork Pass, Dempster Highway, Yukon, Canada. |
Date Taken: 2005:06:29 11:48 |
Location:
Glenboyle |
Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 340 mm, f/11.0, 1/250 |
File Name: JCD6710WillowPtarmigan |
© 2005 - Jack Daynes - shadeTree Imaging |


Willow Ptarmigan(Lagopus lagopus) |
Description: North Fork Pass, Dempster Highway, Yukon, Canada. |
Date Taken: 2005:06:29 11:49 |
Location:
Dempster Highway |
Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/13.0, 1/250 |
File Name: JCD6719WillowPtarmigan |
© 2005 Jack Daynes, www.shadetree-imaging.com |


Willow Ptarmigan(Lagopus lagopus) |
Description: Denali National Park, Alaska. |
Date Taken: 2005:07:06 12:18 |
Location:
McKinley Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/5.6, 1/250 |
File Name: JCD7428WillowPtarmigan |
© 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Willow Ptarmigan(Lagopus lagopus) |
Description: Denali National Park, Alaska. |
Date Taken: 2005:07:06 12:47 |
Location:
McKinley Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 280 mm, f/5.6, 1/250 |
File Name: JCD7499WillowPtarmigan |
© 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |

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