Close-up portrait of a male willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) showing early breeding colors in its neck and eye combs, surveying its high-country territory in Southcentral Alaska's Chugach Mountains on an April day. The head and neck will become completely chocolate-brown as the bird's breeding colors develop, Alaska, United States of America
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Image id: 1116-53319
Release status: Not Model or Property Released
Shot date: November 2023
Upload date: May 2024
Artist: Ken Marsh
Release status: Not Model or Property Released
Shot date: November 2023
Upload date: May 2024
Artist: Ken Marsh
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