Banff, Oct. 15 The first two birds I saw, from the hotel window at 7:00 a.m., were Clark Nutcrackers! One flew over the business district; the other was foraging in a back alley. From 10 to 12 we were driven by autos to points of interest close about Banff, and up the road toward Lake Louise, to 11 miles from Banff. We watched especially for animals at large. Of these we saw only: Coyote (one fluffy light gray fellow off in the aspens, continually watching us shyly); Elk (2, grazing on slope of mountain 200 yards above us); Chickadee (2 in spruces, chatting loudly); Chipmunk (2 in roadside trees, or ground in thickety undergrowth); Magpie (8+); Clarkedee (8+); English Sparrows (20+, only in town); Mallard, Green-winged Teal, Pintail, and doubtless several other kinds of ducks (fully 75, scattering over grassy parts of two lakes up the valley). We saw much beaver sign close to the highway: very large, mud-plastered houses (up to 8 feet high above water level); dams, not more than 2 feet high.