As winter approaches, ptarmigan molt into the white winter plumage that camouflages them on snowy backgrounds. Not quite all white — there are some black tail feathers.

The Willow Ptarmigan is a large bird with variable color in the summer. In winter it is entirely snow-white except for its black eye, black bill and black tail feathers that are seen only when it ...

Rock and willow ptarmigan usually lay 3-13 eggs in a clutch, and white-tailed about 2-8 a clutch. Chicks eat mainly insects for about the first three weeks of life until the digestive system ...

Willow ptarmigan, Alaska's state bird, turn from brown in summer to white in winter. (Marc Lester / ADN archive) Willow ptarmigan numbers appear fair to good in Unit 13B this winter. The extended ...

The willow ptarmigan is the official state bird of Alaska. Syracuse, N.Y. -- I'm a novice birder, but I can appreciate the enthusiasm and excitement of those who spot a bird that has rarely, if ...

In case you are wondering, a ptarmigan is a bird. There are three species of ptarmigan that live in North America, and the white-tailed ptarmigan is the only one that lives in Colorado. The other two ...

White-tailed ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura), also known as snow quail, live year-round in the rocky Alpine tundra mostly above timberline. And they are masters of disguise.

White-tailed ptarmigan are the species you’re most likely to see in the North Cascades and high areas of Montana and British Columbia.

Ptarmigan feathers turn to brown and grey to blend in with the summer rocky-Alpine terrain. They have more to forage on with many Alpine flowers blooming, willow catkins, lichen and moss galore.

Carloads of birders from across the region have visited the shore of Lake Ontario, near Watertown, over the last few days hoping to glimpse a rare avian visitor from the Arctic tundra. Late last ...

The Willow Ptarmigan is a large bird with variable color in the summer. In winter it is entirely snow-white except for its black eye, black bill and black tail feathers that are seen only when it ...