Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea)
Lomfijorden, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway.
Adult ♀ (from the adjacent photo) with 3 of the 7 chicks she was secreting beneath her just emerging when they decided we were no threat.
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Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea)
Lomfijorden, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway.
Adult ♀ (from the adjacent photo) with 3 of the 7 chicks she was secreting beneath her just emerging when they decided we were no threat.
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Uploaded on June 8, 2020
Taken on July 19, 2016