Trip Report: Banff and Jasper (2025-05-29 - 2025-06-02)
American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)
Cave and Basin Marsh
Cave and Basin Marsh
Lake Louise
Lake Louise
Icefields Parkway
Peyto Lake Trail
Bow Glacier Falls
Peyto Lake
Bow Lake
Johnston Canyon
Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis)
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)
American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)
Columbian Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus)
Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri)
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)
Freija Fritillary (Boloria freija)
Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)
Northern Arches (Drasteria hudsonica)
Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus)
American Beaver (Castor canadensis)
Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis)
Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
Elk (Cervus canadensis)
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American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)
Cave and Basin Marsh
Cave and Basin Marsh
Lake Louise
Lake Louise
Icefields Parkway
Peyto Lake Trail
Bow Glacier Falls
Peyto Lake
Bow Lake
Johnston Canyon
Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis)
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)
American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)
Columbian Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus)
Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri)
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)
Freija Fritillary (Boloria freija)
Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)
Northern Arches (Drasteria hudsonica)
Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus)
American Beaver (Castor canadensis)
Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis)
Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
Elk (Cervus canadensis)
Our president is an ass, so went to spend our money in Canada on a trip to Banff and Jasper national parks in Alberta.
Sites Visited
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (63 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(4 records)
Class: Insects
(4 records)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(4 records)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Butterfly Larva (Nymphalidae sp)
- Freija Fritillary (Boloria freija)
- Family: Gossamer-winged Butterflies
- Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)
- Family: Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths
- Northern Arches (Drasteria hudsonica)
Phylum: Chordates
(59 records)
Class: Birds
(49 records)
- Order: Anseriformes (8 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Sora (Porzana carolina)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
- Order: Pelicans
(2 records)
- Family: Loons
- Common Loon (Gavia immer)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
- Order: Perching Birds
(35 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
- Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli)
- 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)
- Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata)
- American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
- Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
- Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
- Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
- White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
- Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
- Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
- Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Swallows
- Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
- Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Family: Vireos
- Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)
- Family: Wrens
- Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis)
Class: Mammals
(10 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(2 records)
- Family: Mustelids
- American Marten (Martes americana)
- Family: Ursidae
- American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean (3 records)
- Family: Cervidae
- Elk (Cervus canadensis)
- Order: Rodents
(5 records)
- Family: Beavers
- American Beaver (Castor canadensis)
- Family: Squirrels
- Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)
- American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
- Columbian Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus)
- Family: True Mice and Rats, Gerbils, and Allies
- Common American Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)