Summer
Respect the Wildlife
While it’s a thrill to see wildlife in their natural surroundings, it is crucial to be respectful and not to encroach on their environment. The Parks Canada website has a helpful guide to safe wildlife viewing that is a must-read before you visit Banff.
You should never try to entice wildlife by offering food or imitating it’s call and posing with a wild animal puts you in danger. Keep your distance – if you cause an animal to move that means you are too close. Remember: these are wild animals and observing them in a safe way is better for your health as well as theirs!
Here’s a list of what animals (big and small – we protect them all) we’ve spotted on our 2017 Banff Evening Wildlife Safari (April to October):
24th April: Mule deer, elk, white tailed deer.
23rd April: no wildlife sighted.
22nd April: no wildlife sighted.
21st April: Elk, deer, and five bull elk with antlers.
20th April: Elk, mule deer and bighorn sheep.
19th April: Mule deer, coyote and elk.
5th October: Elk, coyote.
4th October: no wildlife sighted.
3rd October: Elk, bighorn sheep, mule deer.
2nd October: Elk, coyote, mule deer.
1st October: Elk, mule deer, white tailed deer, coyote.
30th September: Bull elk fighting with each other.
29th September: Elk, white tailed deer, bighorn sheep.
28th September: Elk
27th September: Bull & cow elk, ewe and lamb bighorn sheep.
26th September: No wildlife sighted.
25th September: Elk and white tailed deer.
24th September: Elk and mule deer.
23rd September: Elk and white tailed deer.
22nd September: Elk, coyote.
21st September: Elk, coyote, white tailed deer stag & doe.
20th September: Elk.
19th September: No wildlife sighted.
18th September: Elk, black bear, white tailed deer.
17th September: Elk, mule deer, coyote.
16th September: Elk, white tailed deer.
15th September: Elk.
14th September: Elk, coyote, white tailed deer, mule deer.
13th September: Elk, coyote, mule deer, white tailed deer.
12th September: Elk, mule deer, white tailed deer.
11th Septmeber: Bighorn sheep, white tailed deer stag.
10th September: Elk harems.
9th September: Elk, white tailed deer, mallards, mule deer.
8th September: Elk.
7th September: Bull elk fighting with each other, stag & doe white tailed deer, coyote, Canada geese, common mergansers.
6th September: Elk, bighorn sheep rams.
5th September: Elk everywhere! Coyote.
4th September: Mule deer stag, cow elk, bighorn sheep ram, white tailed deer.
3rd September: Bull elk, bighorn sheep rams & ewes, osprey, herd of cow elk.
2nd September: Elk, bighorn sheep, white tailed deer, mule deer.
1st September: Elk, white tailed deer, mule deer.
31st August: Bighorn sheep, elk.
30th August: No wildlife sighted.
29th August: No wildlife sighted.
28th August: Mule deer, elk.
27th August: Mule deer, white tailed deer.
26th August: Osprey with fish, bald eagle, bighorn sheep ewes & lambs, white tailed deer, mule deer, elk.
25th August: Bull elk, white tailed deer, bighorn sheep.
24th August: Coyote.
23rd August: Elk.
22nd August: Bighorn sheep rams, ewes & lambs, elk, mule deer, osprey.
21st August: Bull elk, osprey, columbian ground squirrel, bull moose.
20th August: Elk, coyote, mule deer, bighorn sheep rams, bear.
19th August: Bighorn sheep (ewes & lambs), mule deer, bull elk, white tailed deer, coyote.
18th August: Coyote, elk, mule deer doe & fawns, white tailed deer, loon, bald eagle, osprey.
17th August: White tailed deer, cow & juvenile elk, coyote.
16th August: Osprey, mule deer bucks, bighorn sheep rams, elk, white tailed deer does.
15th August: Elk, mule deer, white tailed deer, bighorn sheep, osprey, bald eagle.
14th August: Elk, mule deer, red squirrel, osprey with fish, white tailed deer, bighorn sheep.
13th August: Bighorn sheep, elk, mallards.
12th August: Bighorn sheep, white tailed deer, coyote.
11th August: Elk, bighorn sheep.
10th August: Bighorn sheep, white tailed deer, mule deer, coyote.
9th August: Mountain goat nanny & kid, elk herd.
8th August: No wildlife sighted.
7th August: Osprey, bighorn sheep, elk, white tailed deer, mule deer, bighorn sheep.
6th August: Barred owl, osprey, mule deer, white tailed deer, elk.
5th August: Mule deer, bighorn sheep, elk.
4th August: Elk, white tailed deer, bald eagle, osprey, bighorn sheep.
3rd August: White tailed deer, mule deer, elk.
2nd August: White tailed deer, elk.
1st August: Elk, bighorn sheep.
July 31st: No wildlife sighted.
30th July: Mule deer, bighorn sheep, white tailed deer.
29th July: 70+ herd of elk, bighorn sheep.
28th July: Elk, bighorn sheep.
27th July: 70+ herd of elk, bighorn sheep, black bear with cubs.
26th July: Black bear, elk, mule deer.
25th July: Elk, bighorn sheep, white tailed deer, black bear, loon.
24th July: Elk with calf, mule deer, snowshoe hare.
23rd July: White tailed deer, bighorn sheep, mule deer, elk.
22nd July: White tailed deer doe and buck, coyote
21st July: Elk with calves
20th July: 70+ herd of elk, bighorn rams, ewes and lambs.
19th July: 70+ herd of elk, cinnamon black bear, bighorn rams & ewes, 2 bull elk.
18th July: Elk, coyote, bighorn sheep.
17th July: Black bear, wolf, elk, bighorn sheep, mule deer.
16th July: Bighorn sheep, cow elk, white tailed deer, mule deer, bull elk.
15th July: Coyote, grizzly bear, bighorn sheep, elk, white tailed deer.
14th July: Elk, black bear, bighorn sheep, mule deer, white tailed deer, bighorn sheep.
13th July: Elk, white tailed deer, mule deer, osprey.
12th July: Cinnamon black bear
11th July: Cow elk with calves.
10th July: Elk, bighorn sheep, white tailed deer.
9th July: No wildlife sightings
8th July: Bighorn sheep, white tailed deer.
7th July: Bighorn sheep, white tailed deer, elk.
6th July: Grizzly bear, mule deer, white tailed deer, white tailed deer, columbian ground squirrels, elk, osprey.
5th July: Elk, bighorn sheep ewes & lambs, white tailed deer, black bear.
4th July: Mule deer, coyote, columbian ground squirrel, black bear.
3rd July: Bighorn sheep rams, ewes and lambs, mule deer.
2nd July: Bighorn sheep, mosquitos (it’s the season!)
1st July: Grizzly bear, bighorn sheep, white tailed deer, elk.
30th June: Bighorn sheep, black bear, mule deer, grizzly bear.
29th June: Bighorn sheep, elk.
28th June: Elk, white tailed deer.
27th June: Black bear, mule deer, elk, bighorn sheep.
26th June: Elk, mule deer, bighorn sheep.
25th June: Bighorn sheep, blue heron, elk, white tailed deer, black bear.
24th June: Multiple black bears, black bear cubs, bighorn sheep (rams & ewes), mule deer, white tailed deer, elk.
23rd June: Mule deer, white tailed deer, elk.
22nd June: Elk, mule deer, white tailed deer.
21st June: Two wolves! Coyote, elk.
20th June: Mule deer, white tailed deer.
19th June: Elk, bighorn sheep, grizzly bear, mule deer.
18th June: Elk, mule deer, bighorn sheep rams, grizzly bear.
17th June: Bighorn sheep, white tailed deer, black bear, mule deer.
16th June: White tailed deer, columbian ground squirrel, magpie
15th June: Elk, mule deer, white tailed deer
14th June: No animals sighted
13th June: Elk, mule deer, grizzly bear, cow elk with calf
12th June: Elk, bighorn sheep, mule deer.
11th June: Elk, cow elk with calf, mule deer, white tailed deer.
10th June: Elk, white tailed deer, mule deer, bighorn sheep, red-winged blackbird.
9th June: Two black bears, 3 bull elk, bighorn sheep, white tailed deer, coyote, mule deer.
8th June: Four black bears, elk, mule deer, bighorn sheep.
7th June: Bighorn sheep, mule deer, white tailed deer.
6th June: Cinnamon black bear with 3 cubs, elk, white tailed deer, mule deer, bighorn sheep.
5th June: Elk, cinnamon black bear with 3 cubs, bighorn sheep, coyote.
4th June: Elk, mule deer, bighorn sheep.
3rd June: Black bear, grizzly bear, elk, black bear with two cubs, bighorn sheep.
1st June: Elk, mule deer, white tailed deer.
31st May: Elk, white tailed deer, mule deer.
30th May: Grizzly bear, elk, bighorn sheep, black bear.
29th May: Bighorn sheep, elk (everywhere), mule deer (everywhere), black bear with cubs.
28th May: Coyote, columbian ground squirrels, elk, white tailed deer, black bear mother with three cubs.
27th May: Elk, Bighorn sheep, mule deer, white tailed deer.
26th May: Elk, mule deer, white tailed deer, bighorn sheep rams.
25 May: Elk, mule deer, white tailed deer, bighorn sheep ewes.
24 May:
23 May 2017: Elk, bighorn sheep, mule deer.
22nd May 2017: Bull elk, cow elk, mule deer, bighorn sheep rams, bighorn sheep ewes, grouse.
21st May 2017: Elk, white tailed deer, mule deer, coyote, black bear, bighorn sheep, canada geese.