Where to See Spruce Grouse in Icefields Parkway (Highway 93)

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Spruce Grouse sightings in Icefields Parkway

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Where Spruce Grouse has been reported, from 37 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM2% of the busiest hour1 AM2% of the busiest hour2 AM2% of the busiest hour3 AM2% of the busiest hour4 AM9% of the busiest hour5 AM28% of the busiest hour6 AM83% of the busiest hour7 AMBusiest hour8 AM94% of the busiest hour9 AM78% of the busiest hour10 AM67% of the busiest hour11 AM56% of the busiest hourNoon50% of the busiest hour1 PM50% of the busiest hour2 PM56% of the busiest hour3 PM67% of the busiest hour4 PM78% of the busiest hour5 PM83% of the busiest hour6 PM72% of the busiest hour7 PM83% of the busiest hour8 PMBusiest hour9 PM94% of the busiest hour10 PM33% of the busiest hour11 PM11% of the busiest hour

Spruce Grouse is most seen 7–9 AM and 8–10 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Spruce Grouse sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	2%
1 AM	2%
2 AM	2%
3 AM	2%
4 AM	9%
5 AM	28%
6 AM	83%
7 AM	100%
8 AM	94%
9 AM	78%
10 AM	67%
11 AM	56%
Noon	50%
1 PM	50%
2 PM	56%
3 PM	67%
4 PM	78%
5 PM	83%
6 PM	72%
7 PM	83%
8 PM	100%
9 PM	94%
10 PM	33%
11 PM	11%

Audio tour

Hear about Spruce Grouse on the drive.

Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays stories like this one as you drive Icefields Parkway, triggered by GPS and read through your car’s speakers.

Icefields Parkway Tour Guide

The Grouse That Eats Needles

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“Spruce grouse can get through winter eating conifer needles. That's a tough meal to live on, and their bodies change to handle it.”

Plays as you drive in Parkwolf’s Icefields Parkway Tour Guide.

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Wildlife

More wildlife in Icefields Parkway

All 16 sighting maps

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127 sightingsBlack BearUrsus americanusMost seen 6–8 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map

16 sightingsMooseAlces alcesMost seen 6 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map

100 sightingsElkCervus canadensisMost seen 6 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map

34 sightingsMountain GoatOreamnos americanusMost seen 7 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map

53 sightingsBighorn SheepOvis canadensisMost seen 7 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map

12 sightingsMule DeerOdocoileus hemionusMost seen 7 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map

16 sightingsMarmotMarmota caligataMost seen 6–9 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map

Where to see Spruce Grouse in Icefields Parkway