The Grey-crowned Rosy Finch is not a bird that is often seen, at least not by valley dwellers. It breeds high in the mountains, usually in the vicinity of permanent snowfields.
So it was that on hike up to the Kokanee Glacier last Saturday, Doug Thorburn photographed one and noted:
I didn’t get to spot a nest, but I could hear them
feeding young somewhere nearby.
Doug Thorburn’s pictures are used with permission.