Vesper Sparrow - Burnaby, BC

This sparrow is an unusual visitor from the Prairie Grasslands has decided to make a stop in the middle of Burnaby. The is type of bird is found hunting grasshoppers and beetles in the open country and had just hungrily devoured a caterpillar just minutes before this picture. In the winter Vesper sparrows switch to include a good many seeds as well. The very southern most states and Mexico is where this bird will choose a winter home after his quick fill up here among the houses and lawns of Burnaby.