Patricia Lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta, is smaller than its neighbour, Pyramid Lake, but is twice as deep at 40m (131 feet). There is a 4.8 km (3 mile) trail around the lake. Boat, bicycle and fishing rentals are available at Patricia Lake Bungalows.
Numerous lakes and streams teem with fish. Rocky Mountain whitefish and seven species of trout, including brook, brown, bull, cutthroat, lake and rainbow can be found here.
Source: Canadian Rockies Adventure Guide by Brenda Koller, pp.98.
Photo Credit: cblee-CC=nc-sa-flickr.
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I think the birds are loons, but I'm not certain.
Love that mist on the lake.
I love the picture, Barbara. The fog looks so eerie. I thought the birds were drake mallards, but I won't argue with a Canadian about loons..
Charles, early mornings are nice quiet times to be at the shore.
Teresa, they aren't loons once I checked my North American bird book. Mallards have large areas of grey over their bodies: full wings, chest and tail feathers with a bright green head. Loons have a checker pattern from neck to back. These just have their white stripe over their wings.
... teem with fish. That's what I'm talking about.
Travis, you would only have to make that one cast and there'd be a fish on the line after the fly hit the water.
That's such a dreamy picture! A walk around this lake would be so awesome.
Bindu, and relaxing breathing in the mountain air filled with pine scent.
Now that I look more closely, I see that you're right, they aren't mallards. So they aren't mallards and they aren't loons. Did your North American bird book say what they are? They don't look like wood ducks, either.
dunno why, really, but jasper's my fave western park... maybe because it was the first i saw on my way to uni in bc, had a train stop there....
Kia ora Barbara,
Beautiful photo with the birds and mist, and full of fish as well. Sign me up.
Cheers,
Robb
Teresa, I checked the bird book page by page and came up with two "maybes". But they are both birds that live in different zones on the continent.
The Tufted Duck lives along the western coasts from California to Alaska and on the eastern coasts from Maryland to Newfoundland. Only the male has a black body with white sides. The female has grey-brown plummage, a white undertail and white at the base of the bill. These birds have duck type bills.
The Black Guillemot lives along the coastline of northern Alaska, the entire Hudson Bay, Quebec, Baffin Island, Greenland and down along the Atlantic shore to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI. The plummage is black with a white oval patch on the upper wing. In winter, it is mainly black with heavy black mottling on the back and whitish-coloured head.
So, unless a flock of these birds ended up on a wind current and landed in Jasper National Park, I have no idea what kind they are. Cloudia from Comfort Spiral mentioned in a recent post of a peregrin falcon being found in Waikiki. That is certainly off it's flying range.
Tony, it's often the first experience of anything that becomes your favourite.
Robb, you're invited.
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