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A "bastard of a storm" leads one Cordovan to muse on the graceful ptarmigan, Alaska's professional "hunkerer" bird, which seems to materialize out of nowhere thanks to its incredible camouflage.
Armed with low metabolism and territory-protecting ferocity, the American Dipper may be one of our toughest birds.