BONUS: Creature Feature!

We've been encountering SO MUCH wildlife on our trip so far. We'll keep a running list of all our encounters here and include pictures when we can!

Birds

Michigan

Indigo Bunting

Minnesota

Yellow Warbler

Black & White Warbler

American Redstart

Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher

Brown-Headed Cowbird

Baltimore Oriole

Catbird

Red-Eyed Vireo

Kingbird

North Dakota

Yellow-Headed Blackbird*

American Coot

Pintail Duck*

Blue-Winged Teal*

Tundra Swan*

Semipalmated Sandpiper*

Barn Swallow

Western Grebe*

White Pelican*

Hungarian Partridge*

Ring-Necked Pheasant

Magpie

Saskatchewan

Swainson’s Hawk*

Snow Bunting

Brewer’s Blackbird*

Alberta

Clark’s Nutcracker

Canada Jay

Mountain Bluebird*

Clay-Colored Sparrow

British Columbia

White Throated Sparrow

*Denotes a “lifer” bird (a first encounter)

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Mammals

Pronghorn Deer - Saskatchewan

Coyote – Saskatchewan 

Cottontail Rabbit – Saskatchewan

Ground Squirrel – Banff, Alberta

Black Bear – Banff, Alberta

Prairie Dog – Banff, Alberta

Elk (male, female, baby) – Banff, Alberta

Moose – Banff, Alberta

Red Squirrel – Banff, Alberta

Big Horn Sheep – Jasper, Alberta

Silver Fox – Jasper, Alberta

Woodchuck – Fort Nelson, British Columbia

Buffalo (male, female, baby) – Liard River, British Columbia 

Big Horn Sheep in Jasper National Park

Black Bear in Banff, Elk in Jasper, and Buffalo in Liard River.