Ptarmigans of Baldy Mountain
We hiked to the top of Baldy Mountain and spotted a family of ptarmigans, camouflaged to the same colours and patterns of the rocky alpine meadows.
The hen hustled the two chicks away to the shelter of some larger boulders while the male stood guard, keeping an eye on us.
We spot ptarmigans most years in the summer, almost always in the alpine areas on tops of mountains.