Chaplin Lake Shorebird Day Tour 2024
Chaplin Town Chaplin, Saskatchewan, CanadaConservation measures to protect Piping Plovers include Nature Saskatchewan’s Plovers on Shore program.
Conservation measures to protect Piping Plovers include Nature Saskatchewan’s Plovers on Shore program.
Blackstrap Lake Birding Tour may be joined at either
Wild Birds Unlimited Store, 2600 8th St E in Saskatoon
Mountain View Picnic Site in Blackstrap Lake Provincial Park (35 minutes later)
Let our experienced birding guide show you the best bird-rich locations between Saskatoon and Pike Lake Provincial Park. During this 4-hour Pike Lake birding tour, we will walk some trails and visit a variety of bird habitats inside and outside of the park.
Novice and experienced bird watchers are welcome to join this tour.
If available, you may borrow a pair of binoculars during this tour.
Beaver Creek is an attractive wooded valley with several walking trails. Here this creek flows into the South Saskatchewan River. Many native wildflowers may be found blooming here in summer. An indoor interpretive centre on site has displays and washrooms with running water.
During the months of May, July and August, we could find a variety of migrating arctic-nesting shorebirds visiting Van Scoy Lakes including Least, Semipalmated, Baird’s, Pectoral, Solitary and Stilt Sandpipers, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs plus Black-bellied and Semipalmated Plovers and dowitchers. Rare nesting Black-necked Stilts and Sandhill Cranes are sometimes found.
Situated 30 minutes from Saskatoon on the edge of the Strawberry Hills, Porter Lake Important Bird Area attracts over 120 bird species over the course of the year. Colonies of Double-crested Cormorants and Bank Swallows have nested here in recent years.
This Ferry Birding Tour is ideal for low-mobility clients because they may remain in their vehicle during most of this driving tour.
Both novice and experienced bird watchers are welcome.
A loaner pair of binoculars may be available if requested.