Friday, July 27, 2018

Birds in Glacier Bay NP: July 2018




Secretive female Rock Ptarmigan




Male Rock Ptarmigan





The parent ptarmigan had several chicks running around but they were too camouflaged for photos.  The Rock Ptarmigan is also known as Snow Chicken, and is the official bird of Nunavut, Canada.





Semipalmated Sandpiper




and its chick





Pelagic Cormorants, the only cormorant species we saw





Aptly named, Spotted Sandpiper




When we see them in Florida they are not in their breeding finery and don’t show those handsome spots for which they’re named.




This parent was watching over its chicks









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