Wanderlust World Wanderlust World Calgary's unique position at the intersection of prairie, foothills, and mountain ecosystems supports remarkable biodiversity. Here's a categorized overview of species found in and around the city:
Elk, mule deer, white-tailed deer, black bears, grizzly bears, wolves, cougars, bobcats, lynx, coyotes, red foxes, and swift foxes inhabit surrounding natural areas and occasionally enter urban fringes.
Raptors: Bald eagles, golden eagles, northern goshawks, red-tailed hawks, Swainson's hawks, ferruginous hawks, rough-legged hawks, American kestrels, merlins, prairie falcons, peregrine falcons.
Upland Game Birds: Wild turkeys, ring-necked pheasants, ruffed grouse, blue grouse, dusky grouse, sharp-tailed grouse, greater sage-grouse.
Waterfowl: Canada geese, snow geese, mallards, northern shovelers, gadwalls, American wigeons, green-winged teal, blue-winged teal, cinnamon teal, northern pintails, redheads, canvasbacks, scaups, scoters, mergansers, goldeneyes, buffleheads.
Other Water Birds: Loons (common, red-throated, Pacific), grebes (western, red-necked, horned, eared, pied-billed).
Western rattlesnakes, bull snakes, gopher snakes, garter snakes, northern Pacific rattlesnakes, milk snakes, western hognose snakes, western painted turtles, snapping turtles.
Wood frogs, boreal chorus frogs, green frogs, bullfrogs, northern leopard frogs, plains spadefoot toads, Great Plains toads.
Bull trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, mountain whitefish, Arctic grayling, burbot, northern pike, walleye, sauger, yellow perch, white sucker, longnose sucker, mountain sucker, redside shiner, fathead minnow, common carp, goldfish, tench.
Respect wildlife space, secure attractants (garbage, pet food, bird feeders), keep pets leashed, and report dangerous wildlife encounters to Alberta Fish and Wildlife (310-0000).