Favoritos de tomascarper

Habitat hypersaline lake.
Image 1 - Male, dorsal view.
Image 2 - Female, dorsal view.
Image 3 - Male head, frontal view, showing the distal segments of the second antennae to be i) flat, ii) broadly triangular, iii) with pointed apices directed medially.
Image 4 - Habitat.
The major solution salt in this lake is sodium carbonate (Cummings, J.M. 1940. Saline and Hydromagnesite Deposits of British Columbia, Bulletin No. 4. BC Dept of Mines: 160pp)

not exact location. This bird is well known by the park rangers. Amazing sighting of the bird fighting with a branch it eventually broke off and flew out of sight, presumably to a nest it may be building/maintaining?