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10 Sounds Of Banff
Animals & Nature
Animals & Nature
September 26, 2012
In Banff National Park, sometimes the nature is as pleasing to the ears as it is to the eyes. Here is an, um, look at some of our favourite sounds within Canada’s oldest national park, UNESCO World Heritage site, and home to a myriad of rivers, mountains, flora and fauna.
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#1 LOON
Let’s begin with a quick one. Here is a 5 second clip of a loon calling out to us at Johnson Lake in Banff:
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#2 ELK
In the fall, especially in the quiet early morning, you can hear the bugling cry of bull elk throughout the Bow Valley, as they show of their singing skills during mating season. This was filmed at the Fairmont Banff Springs GC (10 seconds):
#3 And below is another look at a bull elk doing his best impression of Barry White (46 seconds):
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#4 CANADIAN GOOSE
How about that iconic Canuck bird, the Canadian Goose. It appears they don’t like to sneak in quietly when landing on the Bow River, just outside downtown Banff (30 seconds):
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#5 GROUND SQUIRREL
Here is the Columbian Ground Squirrel, up in Banff’s Sunshine Meadows. In this shot there was a hawk circling overhead, so perhaps it was a warning about that. Or, as my Mom estimates here, he has the ‘hiccups’ (15 seconds).
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#6 COYOTE
Cool video from some visitors to the park, filming a very vocal coyote from the safety of their car (60 seconds).
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#7 BALD EAGLE
A few anglers out at Banff’s Lake Minnewanka filmed a bald eagle attempting to pull a fish out of the water, and vocally expressing itself, too (86 seconds).
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#8 Pug
There was a strange sound coming from the bushes during a hike to the Plain Of 6 Glaciers behind Lake Louise. Turns out it was just a pug who was probably done with hiking for the day (17 seconds).
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#9 Grizzly Bear
This one seemed kind of strange. We recorded a Grizzly Bear-affectionately known as ‘Olivia’ at the Lake Louise sightseeing gondola-making a strange noise while munching on some foliage (18 seconds).
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#10 WATER
And finally, time for some of the soothing sounds of Moraine Lake’s water. A beautiful look at one of the park’s most iconic lakes-with the sounds of water set to wonderful music from our friends in Cleveland (and Banff regulars), Greg and Candice Slawson (7:46). You can hear more relaxing water films here.
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AUTHOR:
Jeff Mitchell
this is very memorable – would love to re-visit before I “pass on”
Thank you for posting these!
Great Site – Makes me feel like I’m right there ! I hope I get back someday
The Canadian Rockies are so Beautiful!
Thanks! We’ll be waiting for your return:)
-Jeff
I am addicted to Banff, every visit I feel how great our Creator is.
1/3 of my heart is in Banff, we love it, adore it, respect it. Come to Vancouver Isand and see more wonderfulness of beauty, ocean, lakes, mountains and wildlife…what a wonderful country we live in
awesom.
Thank you for putting together this group of short videos with sound effects. I love Banff and the animals/life that inhabit it. It’s my favorite place in the world to be.
thank you what a great video lived here many years ago …want to come back and live again
Great place to visit love to return most of all would love to live there best country in the world
Thanks, Georgina! We hope to see you out here again soon:)