A couple more ptarmigan pictures from last week up on Lochnagar. The ptarmigan name comes from the Scottish Gaelic ‘tarmachan’, which translates as ‘croaker’ #Ptarmigan #CairngormsNP #Scotland https://getmona.app/rich_text/590624072265

Raichi the rock ptarmigan!
I've been practicing digital painting recently and this was my first attempt.

#anthro #furry #FurryArt #OC #OriginalCharacter #RockPtarmigan #ptarmigan #bird #art #DigitalArt

Das Alpenschneehuhn ist an kühle Lebensräume angepasst und kommt in Island auch in tieferen Lagen vor. Es wechselt im Jahresverlauf sein Gefieder von weiß im Winter zu gesprenkeltem Tarnkleid im Sommer.
10.06.2025 10.06.2025, #Iceland #Westfjords #ptarmigan #Alpenschneehuhn [1]
Das Alpenschneehuhn ist ein überraschender Bewohner Islands und zeigt sich hier im rauen, offenen Gelände des Þingvellir. Seine Tarnung schützt es vor Fressfeinden, während es ruhig durch die karge Landschaft streift.
18.05.2025, #Iceland #Thingvellir #ptarmigan #bird #Alpenschneehuhn [2]
New sona, he is a willow ptarmigan human thing and kind of stupid #art #oc #ptarmigan
Bluesky

Bluesky Social
Up on the tops today. The snow is leaving and the locals are getting their summer coats out #CairngormsNP #Scotland #Ptarmigan #MountainHare

Ptarmigan

A male sitting in the spring sunshine, high on the hills of the west coast of Scotland today.

#ptarmigan #scotland #wildlife #birdphotography #highlands

Mount Rainier white-tailed #ptarmigan was officially listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) under the #Endangered Species Act (ESA), 14 years after the Center for Biological Diversity first petitioned for its listing.
#Conservation #ClimateChange #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/02/con02012501.html
Mount Rainier White-Tailed Ptarmigan Finally Receives a ‘Threatened’ Species Designation

Warming temperatures are accelerating glacier retreat and endangering the bird’s habitat

There are two birds in this picture.

#Lapland #Finland #Kiilopää #Ptarmigan #Birds #Lappi #Kiiruna