Peace Dove on the Pebbles Classic Round Sticker

The pink morph rock pigeon at Reifel may have eluded me, but this lovely, showstopping leucistic Rock Dove at Burnaby Lake/Piper Spit took my breath away. It did a fair amount of foraging and flying with an unusually large flock of its normally-pigmented fellows.

Perhaps, by virtue of the attention and food that was being lavished on the account of its pure white plumage, this specimen seemed to be inordinately aware of its distinctiveness -- and "greeted" me before I had even reached the boardwalk of the spit. It followed various other photographers around, too. Quite entertaining to watch!

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