Wild Raptor Tour – a great natural experience in 2026

Next Tour: May 12, 2026

Public Wild Raptor Tours

• Tue. May  12, 2026 2 PM – 5 PM
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• Sun. July  19, 2026 2 PM – 5 PM
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• Sun. August  16, 2026 2 PM – 5 PM
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Guiding Fees: CAD $95 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons
Tax Receipt: 50% if paid by e-transfer or cheque
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Private Wild Raptor Tours

Available many dates
April – September

Guiding Fee: CAD $190 per party
Tax Receipt: 50%

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EASY

Self-driving guided tour with frequent roadside stops

ALL BIRDING TOURS

WILD RAPTOR TOUR

Meeting Place

Wild Birds Unlimited Store parking lot
2600 8 St E #330A, Saskatoon, SK S7H 0V7
$95 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons

Self-Drive Escorted Tour

Raptor Tour Description

Join Stan Shadick and other fellow raptor enthusiasts for a 3 hour driving tour in search of wild raptors near Saskatoon.

We may find Bald Eagles, Swainson’s Hawks, Turkey Vultures, Northern Harriers, Kestrels and Merlins. We might also find a rare Peregrine Falcon.

We should also encounter several Red-tailed Hawks, a buteo that breeds in well-treed areas surrounding Saskatoon.  Individuals in this species occur with a wide variety of plumages. Although most birds have reddish tails, some have brown tails and some have mainly white tails. Most have light coloured bellies but we might see some dark morphs with very dark bellies.

We will travel in a convoy of no more than 6 vehicles (including leader) along back-country gravel roads so that we can safely stop to view any raptors we encounter. We will likely use your cellphone to communicate between vehicles during the tour.

This tour makes an excellent Easter gift, birthday gift, anniversary gift, graduation gift for a birder, birdwatcher or anyone interested in nature.

Advance Registration Required.

Tour Fees

Private Tour Fee: $190 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader.  All members of your party must travel in a single personal or rented vehicle in the car convoy.

Public Tour Fee: $95 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons.  All members of your party must travel in a single personal or rented vehicle in the car convoy. Registration limited to 7 vehicles in the convoy plus the leader.

TAX RECEIPT: A tax receipt for 50% of the tour fee will be issued to the person paying for the tour providing you pay LSWR directly via e-transfer.

CANCELLATION POLICY: Refunds less a $50 administration fee will be given if cancellation notice received 60 days before date of tour.
No refunds if cancellation notice received less than 60 days before date of tour unless another client takes your place.

RESERVATIONS – Wild Raptor Tour

Please complete the form below or send us your full name(s), mailing address with postal code, phone number and email address .

E-mail: birdtours@sasktel.net

Phone: 306-652-5975

We will email you e-transfer payment instructions after your form is submitted.

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I (We) would like to register for the following 2026 tour *

• Private Wild Raptor Tour ($190 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons + leader)
• Tue. May 12 Wild Raptor Public Birding Tour ($95 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons)
• Sun. July 19 Wild Raptor Public Birding Tour ($95 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons)
• Sun. August 16 Wild Raptor Public Birding Tour ($95 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons)
• I have room to transport leader in my vehicle during tour from Saskatoon and back.

Select all that apply. Payment instructions will be emailed to you after form is submitted.

Possible Dates for Private afternoon tour

Binoculars

• If available, I would like to borrow a pair of binoculars during tour.
• Please contact me to discuss the possibility of purchasing top-quality image-stabilized binoculars at a discount.

Smoking Restrictions *

• At least 1 member of my party is a smoker.
• All members of my party are non-smokers.

Smoking is allowed only inside your own personal vehicle. No smoking is permitted outside during birding stops or hikes.

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Can I bring my pet dog on this tour?

Dogs are not permitted on this wild raptor tour unless they stay inside your vehicle.

Covid Safety Policy on Tours

1. Your tour leader is fully vaccinated.
2. Clients must normally drive themselves in their own personal or rented vehicle. The leader will usually drive in a separate vehicle. We will use cell phones to communicate between each other during the tour.
3. Please contact us before booking tour if you have any special requests with regard to this policy. In certain cases, if requested, leader may be willing to ride in client’s vehicle or drive client’s vehicle.

Insurance

We suggest you consider buying travel medical insurance to cover emergency medical expenses during your tour.
We also recommend Trip Cancellation and Interruption insurance.

Travel insurance with trip cancellation and interruption benefits can reimburse you for non-refundable, pre-paid trip costs (up to the amount of your plan limits) should your participation in the trip be canceled or interrupted for a covered reason. According to our cancellation policies, your payment to us will become non-refundable if you cancel your participation after the deadlines outlined in our policies.

In general, Trip Cancellation insurance reimburses you for non-refundable expenses if you are unable to join the tour. Trip Interruption reimburses you for the unused portion of your tour if you have to leave part-way through a tour and it also covers some additional unexpected expenses incurred during your travel (e.g. additional hotel of flight costs due to weather delays or other delays that are not covered by your airline).

Tour Leader: Stan Shadick. Click for more information about your tour leader.

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May – September Raptor Tours

During a late spring or summer wild raptor tour, we expect to find numerous Swainson’s Hawks. This large buteo breeds in open country near Saskatoon. They are now feeding and gathering into groups to prepare for their incredible long migration south to their wintering grounds in Argentina. Most individuals occur in the light colour morph but we will watch for any rare dark morph birds.

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