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photo by Debra Kraiker

Many animals have extremely good camoflage. From a considerable distance, we noticed a lone ptarmigan and worked our way closer to get some good shots. Over time, other members of the bird's flock started moving about as well. Eventually, in a fairly small area where we originally only saw one bird, 29 of them were moving about. All the rest were so well hidden they couldn't be seen.