 These photos are of a black bear casually nibbling on plants along the roadside in Banff National Park. I was very lucky to spot this character on the Bow Valley Parkway near Banff townsite. Read more on A Black Bear Having a Bad Hair Day in Banff National Park…  Today’s photo is of an impressive pair of elk in Banff National Park. These 2 elk fellows were walking along the Bow Valley Parkway 1A, a less traveled road that parallels Highway 1 from Banff townsite to Lake Louise Village. Read more on Elk along Bow Valley Parkway in Banff National Park – Photo of the Day…  It takes a keen eye and a little luck to spot the wildlife in Jasper National Park and the Canadian Rockies. The good news is that fellow travelers are looking too. And when they see something… So I’m walking along the 8c trail in the Pyramid Bench Trails, a network of trails connecting Pyramid Lake, Patricia Lake and several smaller lakes and runs in the vicinity of Pyramid Lake Road, just outside of Jasper townsite. Read more on Picture: Deer sees me on Pyramid Bench Trails in Jasper National Park… This amazing scene was from my recent vacation in Jasper National Park and the Canadian Rockies. These bighorn sheep were relaxing on Jasper National Park’s Highway 16 east hillside and posing for the camera. According to a recent article in Rocky Mountain Outlook, there are reports of 5 tourists allegedly feeding bears in the Canadian Rockies. The Rocky Mountain Outlook says that the fine is $2,000 to $5,000 for feeding wildlife in the park. What wildlife do you have the potential of seeing? Check out these videos and photos from travelers who saw elk, bighorn sheep and other animals in Jasper National Park. This first video captures the elk in Jasper National Park who seem to like to make a detour through the campgrounds on the way to wherever they are going. A Jasper camper captured this footage in Wapiti Campground, saying of the experience “such magical encounters are like brief visits to the Garden of Eden.” Read more on Experiencing Wildlife in Jasper National Park… Hoary marmots are cool. Literally. They live all year round in the cool weather of the Canadian Rockies, hibernating over half the year during the colder months. With a little luck, you may see them in various places in Jasper National Park and the Canadian Rockies. Read more on Videos of Marmots in Jasper and Banff National Park… If you’ve been on the Internet for any length of time, there’s a good chance you’ve seen funny cat pictures known as LOLcats made famous on the website icanhascheezburger. Wikipedia describes lolcats: “A lolcat is an image combining a photograph, most frequently of a cat, with a humorous and idiosyncratic caption in (often) broken English—a dialect which is known as “lolspeak” or “kitty pidgin” and which parodies the poor grammar typically attributed to Internet slang.” Read more on LOL mountain goats? Jasper National Park gets the LOLcat treatment…. Bighorn sheep are magnificent creatures and one of the more common Jasper National Park wildlife sightings. If you spend a few days or a weeks in the Canadian Rockies during the summer, you have a good chance of seeing bighorn sheep somewhere during your journey. You may see them walking alongside the road or while you are out hiking (for instance, while hiking Wilcox Pass). Read more on Magnificent bighorn sheep in Jasper National Park and the Canadian Rockies… |
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