Wildlife in the Canadian Rockies, August 2008

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In Jasper National Park, a bald-ass elk?
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A bear and cub in Jasper National Park
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Actually, there are two cubs
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A bear with cubs is a big draw!
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Stripping berries of the bushes
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Washing in the stream
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Playing in the stream
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You can tell there's wildlife nearby by the traffic jammed on the road
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Later in Jasper National Park, an adult and juvenile elk
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The adult has an ear tag and a collar
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At Lake Louise, a bird sits on the fence, watching people eat in the Chateau's lakeside cafe
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A chipmunk on the trail to the Plain of Six Glaciers at Lake Louise in Banff National Park
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It's found a peanut that someone has lost
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Mountain sheep in the ditch in Alberta's Kananaskis country
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They seem to like eating the shortest grass
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A juvenile
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These ones are licking the ground
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Maybe they salt the roads in the winter and it builds up in this ditch to make a salt-lick.
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