Saskatchewan is located in Canada near the centre of North America where several bird migration flyways meet. Consequently, this bird-rich province of Canada is home to nesting birds from both eastern and western North America.

Saskatchewan is well known as the duck factory of North America because most species of waterfowl nest in our abundant wetlands. Many shorebirds, pelicans, rails and grebes also nest in our lakes and sloughs. Saskatchewan has many birding hotspots.

Stretching across half of the province, the boreal forest is home to many eastern warblers, woodpeckers, flycatchers and forest hawks.

The great expanses of arid prairie grasslands attract many special ground-nesting birds.

Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park Trails

During your Saskatchewan Birding Trip, you may observe many sub-alpine birds. You may also explore riparian habitats for the special birds that dwell there.

Do you prefer a Birding Guide or
do you prefer to travel Independently?

If you prefer a Saskatchewan birding guide, CLICK HERE for information about the many birding tours we offer across Saskatchewan at all seasons of the year. You may join one of our public tours or book a private tour.

If you prefer to travel independently during your Saskatchewan Birding trip, we offer advice for finding the many unique birds that occur in Saskatchewan. Because all proceeds support Saskatchewan’s Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitation charity, you will receive a tax receipt for 50% of the required fee.

What questions can we answer?

Our Saskatchewan Birding Tips Service can answer many questions

Where are best locations to look for a particular species?
When is the best month to find your species of interest?
In what habitat(s) will you find your species of interest at the time of your visit?
Which areas are open to the public for birding? Which areas are not?
Where can you find indoor accommodation near any birding hotspot?
Where can you camp near any birding hotspot?

Our birding expert has over 50 years of birding experience throughout Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan Birding Advice

Full Birding Advice Option

We will spend up to 3 hours with you on the telephone before your tour to review the best birding hotspot locations to find the special birds you seek during your visit to Saskatchewan, Canada. We will direct you to online maps to find the best trails or roads to go birdwatching. We can advise you on the best locations within Saskatchewan’s many parks and publicly accessible sites. We will also advise you where to find convenient motels or campgrounds. Fee: CAD $390 (about US $275). Tax Receipt CAD $195. Fee is payable in advance. Please submit the form below.

Limited Birding Advice Option

We will spend up to 1 hour with you on the telephone before your tour to review the best single birding hotspot locations to find one special bird you seek during your visit to Saskatchewan, Canada. We will direct you to online maps to find the best trail or road to go birdwatching. We will also advise you where to find convenient motels or campgrounds. Fee: CAD $190 (about US $140). Tax Receipt CAD $95. Fee is payable in advance. Please submit the form below.

CLICK HERE for links to other Saskatchewan birding and bird photography tours.

Special Birds of Interest

During Saskatchewan Birding visits during spring, summer and fall, it is possible to observe over 200 species.

A few special birds of interest include

Ruddy Duck
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Gray Partridge
Western Grebe
Clark’s Grebe
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
American White Pelican
Great Egret
White-faced Ibis
Golden Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson’s Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Prairie Falcon
Red Knot
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Willet
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Curlew
Upland Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
Wilson’s Phalarope
Franklin’s Gull
California Gull
Forster’s Tern
Caspian Tern
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Common Poorwill
Black-billed Cuckoo
Burrowing Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Great Gray Owl
Red-naped Sapsucker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Western Wood-Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Alder Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Say’s Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Black-billed Magpie
Canada Jay
Violet-Green Swallow
Rock Wren
Sedge Wren
Mountain Bluebird
Eastern Bluebird
Sprague’s Pipit
Golden-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Western Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Lark Sparrow
Baird’s Sparrow
Brewer’s Sparrow
Le Conte’s Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Thick-billed Longspur
Lazuli Bunting
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Orchard Oriole

CLICK HERE for a complete Saskatchewan checklist.

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Testimonial

Just back from my Saskatchewan trip. Many thanks for all your advice! I ended up with 203 species
M. R. North Carolina June 2024

Birding Advice Expert: Your Saskatchewan birding expert has many years of experience finding and observing birds throughout Saskatchewan. For over 30 years, Stan Shadick has been a Saskatchewan birding guide for nature tours around Saskatchewan and other parts of the country that have been organized by Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitation, Saskatoon Custom Bird Tours, Nature Saskatchewan and the University of Saskatchewan Extension Division.

Stan is past president of Nature Saskatchewan as well as past president and current field trip chairman for the Saskatoon Nature Society. He is a co-editor of the reference publication “Birds of the Saskatoon Area” and contributed significantly to the recently published “Birds of Saskatchewan”.

Stan has volunteered as a regional coordinator for the Saskatchewan Breeding Bird Atlas project and helps with their bird identification workshops. He regularly contributes sightings to e-bird and currently holds the e-bird record for the most bird species seen in Saskatchewan.

Stan volunteers his time leading Saskatoon Custom Bird Tours so that all proceeds benefit the work of Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitation.

TAX RECEIPT: A tax receipt for 50% of the birding advice fee will be issued to the person paying for this advice.

Saskatchewan Birding Travel Advice Requests

Please complete and submit the following form or email us your full name(s), mailing address, email address and telephone number and your travel dates.

E-mail: birdtours@sasktel.net
Phone: 306-652-5975

Payment instructions will be emailed to you after you complete and submit the form below.

All fees support Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitation.

If you do not hear back from us within 24 hours, then please email: birdtours@sasktel.net or phone 306-652-5975.

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Our Saskatchewan birding tours make an excellent Christmas gift, birthday gift, anniversary gift, graduation gift or special gift for a birder, birdwatcher or anyone interested in nature.

GIFT CERTIFICATES: Click here for information about purchasing a gift certificate for this tour or any of our other tours.

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Tour Guide

Tour Guide: Stan Shadick. Click for more information about your tour guide.

Other Tours

Other Tours and Workshops: Click here to see a complete list of our upcoming tours and workshops.

Dancing Grouse Photography Tour — CLICK PICTURE for details.

Eagle Creek Tour — CLICK PICTURE for details

CLICK PICTURE for Whooping Crane Tour details.

Northern Hawk Owl Photo Tours — CLICK PICTURE for details.

Multiple Tours Discount

Can’t decide which tour to take?

Check out our multiple tours discount described here.

Saskatchewan Birding Tips for Independent Travelers 2025

See both eastern and western North American birds during the peak of the breeding season.

Saskatchewan Birding Tips