Willow Ptarmigan set

[Low_Sky]

I had the pleasure of spending time with some of my favorite feathered friends today. There were about 50-100 of them around me at various times before some snow mobile riders ran a lot of them off.

1. I see you!
a6500-6507038 by Low_Sky, on Flickr

2. Picking grit in the roadway
a6500-6506880 by Low_Sky, on Flickr

3. Male dining on willow buds
a6500-6506848 by Low_Sky, on Flickr

4. Ruffled feathers
a6500-6506797 by Low_Sky, on Flickr

5. Green spots are nibbled off willow buds
a6500-6506748 by Low_Sky, on Flickr

Just for fun, here's a very short youtube video (not my video) so you can hear the call that these amazing little birds make. It's really quite the fun game to be surrounded, hearing them calling and not being able to see the sneaky little snowballs.

 

[waday]

Cute, and sneaky, little buggers!

Very nice images!

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

I can only imagine how hard they are to see. Nice set!