Monday, September 21, 2015

Wildlife Bingo

We have kept a log of wildlife we saw on the trip. Mostly large mammals as if you listed every bird or every ground squirrel, chipmunk, pica, and marmot, we would be even more long, boring and pedantic than usual. So this more a log of animals we found interesting and for those playing wildlife bingo we missed two large mammals, a grizzly bear and the mostly solitary moose:
  1. Deer (white tail, black tail, mule), lots of deer
  2. One male deer in Waterton who visited our campsite two mornings in a row in Waterton Lakes
  3. Rock Bass
  4. Common Loons
  5. Brown Heron 
  6. Snapping Turtle
  7. Dead Skunk in the middle of the road
  8. Pelican or Ibis (white bird)
  9. Range Cattle
  10. Wild Horses
  11. Domestic Range Sheep
  12. Rocky Mountain Sheep
  13. Bison (solitatry and in herds - TRNP,Yellowstone) LOTS of bison
  14. Antelope
  15. Rabbits
  16. Prairie Dogs
  17. Vultures
  18. Hawks
  19. American Bald Eagle - one mature, and one juvenile both fishing in lakes
  20. Lazuli Bunting
  21. Black Bear
  22. Mountain Goats
  23. Owls (we actually did not see but heard various owls in Banff, Yoho, and Yellowstone)
  24. Grouse
  25. Golden Eagle
  26. Weasel or Mink
  27. Rainbow Trout
  28. Cutthroat Trout
  29. Green Cutthroat Trout
  30. Brook Trout
  31. Canadian Magpie
  32. Great Blue Heron
  33. Wolf
  34. Elk (lots of Elk especially in Yellowstone)
  35. Trumpeter Swans
  36. Black Racer Snake






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