Sometimes you go out, you’re all ready to go, camera gear in tow but this is what you end up with. Cheri saw this ptarmigan sitting in the driveway so we watched it for a bit and it didn’t move. After fifteen minutes I decided to go out and see if I could get any decent pictures. Well, as soon as I shut the door behind me it flew away. I didn’t even have a chance.
So, I traipsed through the woods looking for where it may have flown and I found it in a tree. As you can see from the picture the background has some nice sunrise light shining on the trees. However, as this ptarmigan would have it he didn’t want the sunrise light apparently because he choose the dark side of a pine tree engulfed in shadows. Owell, maybe he or one of his friends will come back later to play.
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