Snow Bunting - Burnaby, BC

This sometimes winter visitor was found in a very strange location indeed. Snow Buntings are typically found here on gravelly spits along the water where there are some grass seeds left from the fall. This migrant was refilling for the trip north, among the venerable halls of Simon Fraser University. It was quite a busy location with construction on one side and the roaring buses on the other. There was a small patch of Rose Garden this bird was frequenting for several days. The summer birds are much more striking with stark black on pure white but still a great bird to see here in the winter.