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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Walter Fisher on May 14, 2017, 11:41:52 AM

Title: Willow Ptarmigan - Tommy Thompson Park, Toronto
Post by: Walter Fisher on May 14, 2017, 11:41:52 AM

Great to see this mega rare visitor from the far north yesterday at the Spit.  Well worth the 10km walk!  An amazing find by Noam Markus!

Check out the feather covered feet and legs!

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4173/34257307730_07eb06aba9_b.jpg)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4193/34512117971_56e839e062_b.jpg)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4175/34512116091_eb42848feb_b.jpg)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4165/34512117851_4fd187155c_b.jpg)

Good birding,
Walter :)

Title: Re: Willow Ptarmigan - Tommy Thompson Park, Toronto
Post by: mr.sharp-photo on May 14, 2017, 02:54:43 PM

holy jeez....it was practically on your laps!

Title: Re: Willow Ptarmigan - Tommy Thompson Park, Toronto
Post by: cairnstone on May 14, 2017, 03:13:56 PM

I have seen Willow Ptarmigan in Yukon, but when I heard yesterday of one in Toronto I thought someone had been drinking their bath water. What a find!

Title: Re: Willow Ptarmigan - Tommy Thompson Park, Toronto
Post by: Dinusaur on May 16, 2017, 09:10:30 AM

Lovely set of photos Walter. I managed to get there on time to see it - what a privilege.