Well, what a surprise we had this morning! I was sitting in the living room, looking out the window and waiting for the kids to come start their history reading. Something moving outside the window caught my eye. I got up to take a closer look and saw 2 ptarmigan walking by on the side of the road outside our home. Of course, I called for the kids to come see. We had never seen a live one before :-) I slowly opened the front door to try and get a picture of them. They were moving pretty quickly and I didn't want them flying off before I could get a picture. They were making low gobbling noises, kindof like turkeys and chickens would make. I managed to get one fairly good shot -- not real closeup, but it will do. This is the time you need a nice zoom lens!

Willow Ptarmigan at Wikipedia