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:
- Deer (white tail, black tail, mule), lots of deer
- One male deer in Waterton who visited our campsite two mornings in a row in Waterton Lakes
- Rock Bass
- Common Loons
- Brown Heron
- Snapping Turtle
- Dead Skunk in the middle of the road
- Pelican or Ibis (white bird)
- Range Cattle
- Wild Horses
- Domestic Range Sheep
- Rocky Mountain Sheep
- Bison (solitatry and in herds - TRNP,Yellowstone) LOTS of bison
- Antelope
- Rabbits
- Prairie Dogs
- Vultures
- Hawks
- American Bald Eagle - one mature, and one juvenile both fishing in lakes
- Lazuli Bunting
- Black Bear
- Mountain Goats
- Owls (we actually did not see but heard various owls in Banff, Yoho, and Yellowstone)
- Grouse
- Golden Eagle
- Weasel or Mink
- Rainbow Trout
- Cutthroat Trout
- Green Cutthroat Trout
- Brook Trout
- Canadian Magpie
- Great Blue Heron
- Wolf
- Elk (lots of Elk especially in Yellowstone)
- Trumpeter Swans
- Black Racer Snake
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