Saskatoon Shorebirds Tour 2024
Fas Gas Plus Parking Lot SK-41 & SK-5, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CanadaNovice and experienced bird watchers are welcome to join this tour.
If available, you may borrow a pair of binoculars during this tour.
Novice and experienced bird watchers are welcome to join this tour.
If available, you may borrow a pair of binoculars during this tour.
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.
Conservation measures to protect Piping Plovers include Nature Saskatchewan’s Plovers on Shore program.
Saskatoon Donna Birkmaier Park Birding and Walking Tour Description Event Website: https://livingskywildliferehabilitation.org/birding-tours/donna-birkmaier/ Fee: $65 per person. Walk through Saskatoon's naturalized Donna …
Saskatoon Ferry Birdwatching Tour Description Event Website: https://livingskywildliferehabilitation.org/birding-tours/ferry-birding/ Fee: From $150 per vehicle with 1 - 4 persons. Join our …
During spring and summer months from April through August over 100 species have been found at Forestry Farm Park. Some birds of interest include: Merlin, Spotted Sandpiper, Downy Woodpecker, Eastern Kingbird, Warbling Vireo, Black-billed Magpie, House Wren, Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Clay-colored, Chipping and Song Sparrow,, Yellow Warbler and Common Yellowthroat. Additional migrating warblers may be seen in late May and late August / early September.
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.
Chief Whitecap Birdwatching Tour Description Event Website: https://livingskywildliferehabilitation.org/birding-tours/chief-whitecap/ Fee: $65 per person. Experience the sights and songs of springtime on …
Chief Whitecap Birdwatching Tour Description Event Website: https://livingskywildliferehabilitation.org/birding-tours/chief-whitecap/ Fee: $65 per person. Experience the sights and songs of springtime on …
Conservation measures to protect Piping Plovers include Nature Saskatchewan’s Plovers on Shore program.