Alberta Welcome-Wagon

Within a day or two of being back in Alberta, Paul and I went on a little hike in the Kananaskis. Pictured above is the Sandwich-Seeking Not-So-Big-Horned Sheep. No, we didn't feed him any sandwiches, but some unscrupulous humans obviously had before, the way he stuck his head right into the car.

We hiked "Ptarmigan Cirque." I really wanted to see a Hoary Marmot (I couldn't make that up!), but those Hoary Marmots were probably off in their Hoary homes. We did see ground squirrels (of course), a pika, and ptarmigans! Below is an image of them. They sort of blend in-- but I swear, they are there, ptuttering and ptecking.