My thought, too, Kent.  Wouldn't Willow Ptarmigan be showing brown  
patches by this time?  I must say, however, that I sure haven't seen  
many grouse foraging in roadside grass with traffic going by!  Maybe  
only a very naive ptarmigan would do that.  <g>  I'm about to have  
another look at the video.

Susan Fogleman
Campton  NH



On May 9, 2014, at 11:58 AM, Kent McFarland wrote:

> Okay, I only watched this quickly so far, but why couldn't this be a
> leucistic grouse? Just a thought....
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> On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Thomas Berriman
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>> It appears that there was/is a Willow Ptarmigan in the vicinity of
>> Fairbanks Scales Factory/Plant on rte. #2 east of St Johnsbury.
>> Here is a link to a video on NEK Audubon Facebook posted and taken  
>> by Mary
>> Beth Prondzinski of the Fairbanks Museum:
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152121019351409
>>
>> Mary Beth was alerted to the Ptarmigan by Fairbanks Scale employees  
>> and
>> they have taken pictures of the bird (although from long distances).
>>
>> The bird was last seen along the north side of Rte. 2 on the  
>> shoulder of
>> the road at the bend in rte. 2 just before you approach Fairbanks  
>> Scales
>> which will be on the left.
>>
>> Four of us did look this morning for the bird and did not find it.  
>> The
>> area was not totally covered before we had to leave because of other
>> obligations.
>>
>> Tom Berriman
>>