It’s that time of year where wolf photography is at a peak, and there’s no better place in the Canadian Rockies to find wolves than in Jasper National Park, where more than five different packs can be found near roads that traverse the park. My favourite areas to look for wolves in Jasper include the…
Category: Central Rockies Mammals
Pricing and Ordering Information
Price: $12.95 (Cdn. $) Total Cost (including shipping and handling): Canadian: $15.00 American: $12.00 U.S. (all foreign orders) To order a copy of Central Rockies Mammals, please send a cheque or money order to: Central Rockies Mammals 61 – 200 Glacier Drive Canmore, Alberta, Canada T1W 1K6 OR, email me with your phone number and…
Rodents
Highly sociable rodents, Columbian ground squirrels live in colonies that are divided into separate territories ruled by dominant males. Each colony features a network of burrows and dens, all cleverly designed with multiple entrances and escape hatches and built so that the dens stay high and dry through even the worst of storms. Central Rockies…
Ungulates
In winter, moose are found in mixed forests feeding on the twigs of willows, aspen and red osier dogwood, while in summer, they frequent low-lying marshlands in search of water plants. Central Rockies Mammals introduces you to 7 different ungulates with full colour photographs and three to four page descriptions. The guidebook covers moose, elk,…
Carnivores
Coyotes have perfected a technique called mousing, where they patiently stalk a mouse and then pounce high in the air and land on it. In winter, they use their excellent sense of hearing to listen for mice running beneath the snow, then pounce up and sharply downward, breaking the crust of the snow with their…
Introduction
I moved out to the river’s edge just in time to see a cow elk crash through the vegetation two hundred metres upstream and plunge into the icy water. Following close on her heels were two different wolves, one dark grey, the other tawny brown…. John Marriott’s personal writing style lends a special flavour to…