Site Report: Banff National Park - Lake Louise
Lake Louise
Lake Louise
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)
Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus)
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Lake Louise
Lake Louise
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)
Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus)
Lake
Visits
- 2025-05-30: Getting a fairly early start, we were able to park a ways away from the lake from where we walked to an overlook. The trail and area around the lake was extra crowded.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (16 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(16 records)
Class: Birds
(14 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
- Order: Pelicans
(1 record)
- Family: Loons
- Common Loon (Gavia immer)
- Order: Perching Birds
(11 records)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
- Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)
- Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
- Family: Swallows
- Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis)
Class: Mammals
(2 records)
- Order: Rodents (2 records)