Banff Nightlife

This Mule Deer is watching a pedestrian .

Mule deers and elks are a part of the nightlife of Banff, in Alberta. This town is surrounded by the famous Banff National Park.

In fact, they use that time to act as natural mowers for the gardens , without need of gas, without noise at all...

I have even been told a few times by the rangers of the park that the pack of wolves has already been seen in town too !

I enjoyed a lot making that photo. Off course, in that kind of situation, you have to know exactly what is the proximity the animal can tolerate your presence in order to avoid accident (like scaring the animal which would result in pushing it in the trafic for example, or toward the people).

September 2009, Banff, Alberta, Canada