Furry Critters in Kananaskis

We took a day trip south to Kananaskis on Sunday. So did thousands of others as it was the Heritage Day long weekend. That aside it was a good day. I did a bit of hiking and we stopped and looked at assorted places along Highway 40, a. k.a. The Kananskis Trail.

We saw some wildlife mostly of the small, furry variety. At Mt. Lorette Ponds we saw this little fellow. We tried to get some photos, but being an Action Chippy he wasn't much for posing.




We'd hoped to see pikas at the Rock Glacier, but instead we found several golden-mantled groundsquirrels. This one was curious about us.

While this one was more Sphinx-like in its outlook.

Chippy

Some days we just need to see cute.

We saw this chipmunk along the boardwalk on the shore of Lake Louise. He was busily chewing away on a discarded bit of photographic film.
It bothers me to see wild animals feasting on our garbage. We shouldn't be randomly discarding anything.
There's proper food out there for all critters. Oh, well. Maybe the poor thing thought he could get some colloidal silver out of it.

Fuzzy Forest Critter Comparison

This happy little chipmunk consented to pose for a few photos at the start of our hike on Saturday.
I used to think golden-mantled groundsquirrels were chipmunks, too, because the markings are similar. If you look in the photo in my header, then you'll see that chippy here is considerably smaller and doesn't have the same colouring on his head.
All chippy pics courtesy of my husband.


Chippy in profile.



Action chippy.


Perspective chippy.
You can see how little this fellow is by noting that he is partially hidden behind a blade of grass.