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Select Your Canada Birding Tour.
CANADA BIRDING TOURS
Observe both eastern and western Canadian birds in our series of birding tours and bird photography tours throughout Saskatchewan.
Book a custom private tour or join a group tour in all seasons of the year.
Visit the best bird habitats in
- Prairie Grasslands
- Woodland and Forests
- Lakes, Marshes and Ponds
ALL BIRDING TOURS
BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY TOURS
HALF-DAY PRIVATE BIRDING TOURS
FULL-DAY PRIVATE BIRDING TOURS
MULTI-DAY GROUP BIRDING TOURS
LOW MOBILITY BIRDING TOURS
WHOOPING CRANE TOURS
SANDHILL CRANE PHOTOGRAPHY TOURS
SANDHILL CRANE PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
SNOWY OWL TOURS
GREAT GRAY OWL PHOTOGRAPHY TOURS
DANCING GROUSE PHOTOGRAPHY TOURS
CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ABOUT WHOOPING CRANE TOURS.
CLICK HERE for details about Pelican Photography Tour.
CLICK HERE for details about Snowy Owl Photography Workshops.
CLICK HERE for information about Northern Hawk Owl Photography Workshops.
CANADA BIRDING TOURS
Where to go Birding in Canada?
Saskatchewan has many of the Best Canada Birding Hotspots
Make Saskatoon, Saskatchewan your First Destination for a Canada Birding Tour.
Many of the Best Birding hotspots for Canada Birding tours are located near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan is located in central Canada where two major North American bird flyways meet – Central Flyway and Mississippi Flyway. See both eastern and western North American birds at one destination!
During the breeding season in June and July, a Canada Birding Tour to Saskatoon could find about 150 bird species within our nearby grassland, wetland and woodland habitats! This bird list is augmented during the migration months of May, August and September when boreal and arctic nesting warblers, flycatchers, vireos, geese and shorebirds become plentiful. Many rarities show up here in October.
Because Saskatoon is located in Canada’s heartland, Canada birding tours offered here by Saskatoon Custom Bird Tours can see both eastern and western North American bird species on a single birding tour. Many of Canada’s rarest birds are best seen in Saskatchewan, Canada. For example, we are the only province in Canada where both Eastern Whip-poor-will and Common Poorwill are regularly found. Saskatchewan’s bird checklist includes over 380 species of birds of which over 300 species occur annually.
You may download a checklist of Saskatchewan birds HERE.
Visiting the Canadian Rockies?
You will find far more species of birds in the grassland, marshland and woodlands of Saskatchewan than in the mountains. We recommend you first travel to Saskatoon to go birding here and then visit the Rockies.
Wonder where to go birding near Saskatoon, Canada?
Saskatoon Custom Bird Tours offers private and group guided birding tours and bird photography tours out of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Check out our great selection of Canada Birding Tours.
Some of our special Canada birding tours include viewing:
Dancing Sharp-tailed Grouse (spring),
Prairie birds (summer),
Whooping Cranes (fall),
Snowy Owls (winter).
For more information about all of our regular Canada birding tours, photo tours and workshops, CLICK HERE.
Custom tours and bird ID workshops are also available.
Saskatoon Custom Bird Tours is owned by our local Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitation charity and all proceeds support their work in caring for injured and orphaned wild birds with a goal of returning them to the wild.
Because our birding tour leader has been an active birdwatcher for over 5 decades, you can be assured he will find you the best birds during our Canada Birding Tours.
Our Canada birding tour gift certificates make excellent Christmas gifts, birthday gifts or anniversary birding gifts for birders interested in birds and nature.
2024 Canada Birding Tours Schedule
CLICK THE FOLLOWING SASKATOON CUSTOM BIRD TOURS FOR DETAILS.
Dates of Group Tours are listed.
Private tours available on other dates.
March
- Beaver Creek Birding Tour
Special Group Tours: March 21 & 30, 2024 - Chickadee Feeding Tour (November -February)
Private Tours available - Cypress Hills Golden Eagle Quest Birding Tour
Private Tours available - Meadow Lake Park Birding Tour
Special Group Tour: March 23 – 24, 2024 - Night Sounds Tours
Special Group Tour: March 29, 2024 - Northern Hawk Owl Photography Workshop
February 20 – 22, 2024 - Northern Hawk Owl Photography Tours
Private Tours: January – March - Pike Lake Park Birding Tour
Private Tours: November – September
Group Tour: March 30, 2024 - President Murray Park Bird Walk
Private Tours: November – September
Group Tours: March 19, 26, 31, 2024 - Prince Albert National Park Birding Tour
Private Tours: January – December - Ptarmigan Photography & Viewing Tour
Private Tours - Saskatoon Winter Birdwatching Tour (November – March)
Private Tours: November – December; February – March - Signs of Spring Birding Tour
Special Group Tour: March 31, 2024 - Snowy Owl Photography Workshop
February 17 – 19, 2024 - Snowy Owl Tours
Private Tours: February – March - Tobin Lake Birding Tour
Special Group Tour: March 16 – 17, 2024 - Weir Birding Tour
Private Tours: November – August
Special Group Tour: March 22, 2024
April – May
Private tours available on most dates.
Dates of any special group tours are noted.
- Beaver Creek Birdwatching Tour
Special Group Tour: April 19, May 16 & 22, 2024 - Bird Song ID Outdoor Workshops
TBA - Blackstrap Lake Birding and Bird Photography Tour
Special Group Tours: May 4, 10, 24 & 31, 2024 - Buffalo Pound Park Birding Tour (May – September)
Special Group Tour: May 21, 2024 - Chaplin Shorebirds Tour
Special Group Tour: May 11, 2024 - Chief Whitecap Park Birding Tour (May – September)
Special Group Tour: May 22 & 31, 2024 - Dancing Grouse Bird Photography Tours (mid April – mid May)
Tours: April 19 – 30, 2024 - Donna Birkmaier Park Tour (April – September)
Special Group Tours: April 21, May 14, 2024 - Eagle Creek and Hills Birding Tour (May – July)
Special Group Tour: May 27, 2024 - Ferry Birding Tour (May – August)
Private Tours available - Forestry Farm Park Bird Walk Tour
Special Group Tours: April 13 & 22, May 3, 2024 - Goose Lake Bird Tour
Special Group Tour: May 5, 2024 - Grasslands National Park Tour
Special Group Tour: May 18 – 20, 2024 - Great Sand Hills Birding Tour
Private Tour Available - Greenwater Lake Park Birding Tour
Special Group Tour: May 28 – 30, 2024 - Night Sounds Tours (April)
Special Group Tour: April 12, 2024 - Pike Lake Birding Tour (January – August)
Private Tour available - Porter Lake Birding Tour
Special Group Tour: May 15, 2024 - Prairie Grasslands Birding Tour
Special Group Tour: May 23, 2024 - Prairie Lakes Birding Tour
Special Group Tour: May 13, 2024 - President Murray Park Bird Walk
Group Tours: April 14 & 26, May 6 & 15, 2024 - Prince Albert National Park Birding Tour
Special Group Tour: April 6 – 7, 2024 - Quill Lakes Birding Tour – 8 hours
Special Group Tour: May 17, 2024 - Radisson Lake Birding Tour –
Private Tour available - Redberry Lake Bird Sanctuary Tour
Private Tour available - Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
Special Group Tours: April 27, May 9, 12, 17 & 24, 2024 - Signs of Spring Birding Tour (April – June)
Special Group Tours: April 20, 28 & May 12, 2024 - Sunday Morning Bird Walk
Group Tour: May 5, 2024 - Van Scoy Lakes Birding Tour (May)
Private Tour available - Weir Birding Tour (November – August)
Group Tour: April 14, 2024 - Wild Raptor Tour
Private Tour available - Custom Bird Photography Tour (May – September)
Private Tour available
June
Private tours available on most dates.
Dates of any special group tours are noted.
- Saskatchewan Birding Hotspots Tour Series
- Beaver Creek Birding and Hiking Tour – 3 hours
Special Group Tour: June 27, 2024 - Blackstrap Lake Birding and Bird Photography Tour
Special Group Tour: June 28, 2024 - Buffalo Pound Park Birding Tour
Private Tours available - Canada Saskatchewan Spring Birding Tour
June 3 – 21, 2024 - Carrot River Birding Tour
Special Group Tour: June 29 – July 1, 2024 - Chaplin Shorebirds Tour
Private Tours available - Chappell Marsh Birding and Hiking Tour
Private Tour available - Chief Whitecap Birding and Hiking Tour – 3 hours
Group Tours: June 26, 2024 - Cypress Hills – Grasslands Birding Tour
Special Group Tour: June 9 – 16, 2024 - Custom Bird Photography Tour
Private Tour available - Donna Birkmaier Park Tour
Private Tour available - Duck Lake and Nisbet Forest Birding Tour – 6 hours (June – July)
Special Group Tour: June 20, 2024 - Duck Mountain Birding Tour – eastern birds
Special Group Tour: June 4 – 6, 2024 - Eagle Creek and Hills Birding Tour (June – July)
Private Tour available - Ferry Birding Tour (May – August)
Private Tour available - Forestry Farm Park Bird Walk Tour
Group Tours: June 28, 2024 - Gardiner Dam – Anerley Lakes Birding Tour
Private Tour available - Goose Lake Birding and Bird Photography Tours
Private Tour available - Grasslands National Park Tour
Private Tour available - Great Sand Hills Birding Tour
Private Tour available - Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary Tour – 8 hours
Special Group Tour: June 8, 2024 - Pike Lake Birding Tour – 3 hours (January – August)
Special Group Tour: June 21, 2024 - Porter Lake Birding Tour – 3 hours
Special Group Tour: June 27, 2024 - Prairie Grasslands Birding Tour
Private Tour available - Prairie Lakes Birding Tour – 4 hours
Private Tour available - President Murray Park Bird Walk
Group Tours: June 20, July 28, 2024 - Prince Albert National Park Birding Tour
Special Group Tour: June 24 – 25, 2024 - Quill Lakes Birding Tour
Private Tour Available - Radisson Lake Birding Tour
Private Tour available - Redberry Lake Bird Sanctuary Tour – 8 hours
Special Group Tour: June 7, 2024 - Saskatchewan Spring Birding Tour
Special Group Tour: June 3 – 21, 2024 - Saskatoon Birdwatching Tour
Private Tours available - Saskatoon Evening Bird Walks – 1.5 hours
Group Tours: June 20, 27, 2024 - Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walks – 2 hours
Special Group Tour: June 26, 2024 - SE Saskatchewan Birding Tour (June – July)
Special Group Tour: June 16 – 19, 2024 - Weir Birding Tour – (November – August)
Special Group Tour: June 23, 2024 - Wild Raptor Tour
Private Tour available
July – August Birdwatching Tours and Bird Photography Tours
Private tours available on most dates.
Dates of any special group tours are noted.
- Saskatchewan Birding Hotspots Tour Series
- Beaver Creek Birding and Hiking Tour – 3 hours
Special Group Tours: August 2 & 29, 2024 - Birding by Houseboat Tour
TBA - Blackstrap Lake Birding and Bird Photography Tour
Special Group Tours: July 16, 27, August 11 & 31, 2024 - Buffalo Pound Park Birding Tour
Special Group Tour: July 8, 2024 - Carrot River Birding Tour
Special Group Tour: June 29 – July 1, 2024 - Chaplin Shorebirds Tour
Special Group Tours: July 9, August 19, 2024 - Chappell Marsh Birding and Hiking Tour
Private Tour available - Chief Whitecap Birding and Hiking Tour – 3 hours
Group Tours: July 25, August 10, 16, 26, 2024 - Cypress Hills – Grasslands Birding Tour
Group Tours: July 10 – 13, August 22 – 23, 2024 - Custom Bird Photography Tour
Private Tour available - Donna Birkmaier Park Tour
Special Group Tour: July 23, August 15, 2024 - Duck Lake and Nisbet Forest Birding Tour – 6 hours (June – July)
Special Group Tour: July 29, 2024 - Duck Mountain Birding Tour – eastern birds
Special Group Tour: July 1 – 3, 2024 - Eagle Creek and Hills Birding Tour (June – July)
Special Group Tour: July 22, 2024 - Ferry Birding Tour (May – August)
Special Group Tours: July 20 & 30, August 4 & 16, 2024 - Forestry Farm Park Bird Walk Tour
Group Tours: July 4, 27, August 4, 13, 27, 2024 - Gardiner Dam – Anerley Lakes Birding Tour
Special Group Tour: July 17, 2024 - Goose Lake Birding and Bird Photography Tours
Special Group Tour: July 21, 2024 - Grasslands National Park Tour
July 13 – 15 & August 20 – 21, 2024 - Great Sand Hills Birding Tour
August 5 – 7, 2024 - Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary Tour – 8 hours
Special Group Tour: July 24 & August 9, 2024 - Meadow Lake Park Birding Tour
Special Group Tour: July 18 – 19, 2024 - Pelican Photography and Viewing Tour
Private Tours available - Pike Lake Birding Tour – 3 hours (January – August)
Group Tours: July 31, August 28, 2024 - Porter Lake Birding Tour – 3 hours
Group Tours: July 16, August 12, 2024 - Prairie Grasslands Birding Tour
Private Tour available - Prairie Lakes Birding Tour – 4 hours
Group Tours: July 31, August 30, 2024 - President Murray Park Bird Walk
Group Tours: July 28, August 8, 15, 18, 25, 27 2024 - Prince Albert National Park Birding Tour
Private Tour available - Quill Lakes Birding Tour
Private Tour Available - Radisson Lake Birding Tour
Private Tour available - Redberry Lake Bird Sanctuary Tour – 8 hours
Private Tour available - Saskatoon Birdwatching Tour
Private Tours available - Saskatoon Evening Bird Walks – 1.5 hours
July 4, 16, 23, 30, August 9, 15, 2024 - Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walks – 2 hours
July 4, 20,25, 30, 2024
August 3, 8, 11, 17, 24, 26, 30, 2024 - Saskatoon Shorebirds Tour (July – August)
July 23, 28, August 10, 18, 2024 - Souris River Birding Tour
July 5 – 7, 2024 - Sturgeon River Ranch Birding and Bison Tour
TBA - Sunday Morning Guided Bird Walk
July 21, 2024 - Van Scoy Lakes Birding Tour
July 26, August 14, 2024 - Warbler Walking Tour
Special Group Tours: August 24 & 31, 2024 - Weir Birding Tour – (November – August)
Private Tour available - Wild Raptor Tour
Private Tour available
September – October
- Whooping Crane and Sandhill Crane Birding Tours
Private Tours: Daily September 21 – October 28 - Sandhill Crane Photography Workshop
October 12 – 14, 2024 - Sandhill Crane Photography Sessions
Morning & Evening Sessions Daily: September – October - Blackstrap Lake Birding and Bird Photography Tour
Private Tour Available - Chief Whitecap Park Birding Tour (early September)
Private Tour Available - Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary Tour
Special Group Tour: September 1, 2024 - Pelican Photography and Viewing Tour
Private Tour Available - Prairie Lakes Birding Tour – 4 hours
Private Tour Available - Prince Albert National Park Birding Tour0
Private Tour Available - Redberry Lake Bird Sanctuary
Private Tour Available - Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
Private Tour Available - Weir Birding Tour – (November – September)
Private Tour Available - Wild Raptor Tour
Private Tour Available
November – December
- Bald Eagle birding tour
Private Tour available - Beaver Creek birding and hiking tour (all year)
Special Group Tour: TBA - Blackstrap Lake Waterfowl Tour
Private Tour available - Chickadee Feeding Tour (November -February)
Group Tour: TBA - Great Gray Owl & Hawk Owl Photography Workshops
Dates: TBA - Pike Lake Park Winter Birdwatching Tour
Private Tour available - President Murray Park Bird Walk
Private Tours available - Prince Albert National Park Birdwatching Tour
Private Tour available - Saskatoon Winter Birdwatching Tour (November – March)
Special Group Tours: TBA - Snowy Owl Photography Workshops
Dates: TBA - Snowy Owl Tour (November- February)
Group Half-Day Tour: TBA - Weir Birdwatching Tour (November – August)
Private Tours: November – September
Multiple Tours Discount
Can’t decide which tour to take?
Check out our multiple tours discount for Canada birding tours described here.
Canada Birding Tour Information Request Form
You may use the following form to request Canada birding tour suggestions during your proposed travel dates to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Alternatively, you may email birdtours@sasktel.net to request this information.
Let us show you the best birds during our Canada Birding Tours.
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2024 Group Birdwatching Tours and Bird Photography Tours arranged by date
Group Tour dates are subject to change until they are booked.
Private tours are available on many other dates.
Click on tour title for more information.
Note: For the convenience of visitors from outside Canada, approximate prices for group tours are listed on this page in US Dollars. If you click on the link, you will find the price in Canadian Dollars.
March
- March 20 – 21: Tobin Lake Birding Tour
From US $490 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - March 19 AM: President Murray Park Bird Walk
US $35 per person - March 21: Beaver Creek Birding Tour
US $49 per person - March 22: Weir Birding Tour
US $35 per person - March 23 – 24: Meadow Lake Park Birding Tour
From US $490 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - March 26 AM: President Murray Park Bird Walk
US $35 per person - March 29 PM: Night Sounds Nature Tour
US $71 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - March 30 AM: Pike Lake Birdwatching Tour
From US $105 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - March 30 PM: Beaver Creek Birdwatching Tour
US $49 per person - March 31 AM: President Murray Park Bird Walk
US $35 per person - March 31: Signs of Spring Birding Tour
US $55 per person
April – May
- April 6 – 7: Prince Albert National Park – Owling Tour
From US $895 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - April 12 PM: Night Sounds Nature Tour
US $71 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - April 13: Forestry Farm Park Bird Walk Tour
US $49 per person - April 14: President Murray Park Bird Walk
US $35 per person - April 19 – 30: Dancing Grouse Photography Tours
From US $295 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - April 19 PM: Beaver Creek Birdwatching Tour
US $49 per person - April 20: Signs of Spring Birding Tour
US $55 per person - April 21: Donna Birkmaier Park Birdwatching Tour
US $49 per person - April 22: Forestry Farm Park Bird Walk Tour
US $49 per person - April 26: President Murray Park Bird Walk
US $35 per person - April 27: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
US $49 per person - April 28: Signs of Spring Birding Tour
US $55 per person - May 3: Forestry Farm Park Bird Walk Tour
US $49 per person - May 4: Blackstrap Lake Birding Tour
From US $100 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - May 5: Sunday Morning Bird Walk
US $49 per person - May 5: Goose Lake Birdwatching & Bird Photo Tour
From US $115 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - May 6: President Murray Park Bird Walk
US $35 per person - May 9: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
US $49 per person - May 10: Blackstrap Lake Birding Tour
From US $105 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - May 11: Chaplin Shorebirds Tour
From US $370 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - May 12 AM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
US $49 per person - May 12: Signs of Spring Birding Tour
US $55 per person - May 13: Prairie Lakes Birdwatching Tour
From US $115 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - May 14: Donna Birkmaier Park Birdwatching Tour
US $49 per person - May 15: Porter Lake Birdwatching Tour
From US $100 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - May 15: President Murray Park Bird Walk
US $35 per person - May 16 PM: Beaver Creek Birdwatching Tour
US $49 per person - May 17 Quill Lakes Birding Tour
From US $330 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - May 17 AM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
US $49 per person - May 18 – 20 Grasslands National Park Tour
From US $1045 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - May 21 Buffalo Pound Park Birding Tour
US $370 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - May 22 Chief Whitecap Birdwatching Tour
US $49 per person - May 22 PM: Beaver Creek Birdwatching Tour
US $49 per person - May 23 Prairie Grasslands Birding Tour
From US $445 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - May 24 AM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
US $49 per person - May 24 PM: Blackstrap Lake Birding Tour
From US $105 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - May 27: Eagle Creek Birdwatching Tour
From US $295 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - May 28 – 30 Greenwater Lake Park Birding Tour
From US $970 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - May 31 Chief Whitecap Birdwatching Tour
US $49 per person - May 31 Blackstrap Lake Birding Tour
From US $105 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons
June
- June 3 – 21: Saskatchewan Birding Tour
US $4990 per person - June 4 – 6: Duck Mountain Park Birding Tour
From US $970 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - June 7 Redberry Lake Bird Sanctuary Tour
From US $218 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - June 8 Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary Tour
From US $295 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - June 9 – 16: Cypress Hills – Grasslands Park Birding Tour
US $2995 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - June 16 – 19 SE Saskatchewan Birding Hotspots Tour
US $1120 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - June 20: Duck Lake & Nisbet Forest Birdwatching Tour
From US $295 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - June 20 PM: President Murray Park Bird Walk
US $35 per person - June 20 PM: Saskatoon Evening Bird Walk
US $35 per person - June 21 AM: Pike Lake Birdwatching Tour
From US $105 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - June 23 PM: Weir Birding Tour
US $35 per person - June 24 – 25 Prince Albert National Park – Birding Tour
From US $970 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - June 26: Chief Whitecap Birdwatching Tour
US $49 per person - June 26 PM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
US $49 per person - June 27 AM: Porter Lake Birdwatching Tour
From US $100 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - June 27 PM: Beaver Creek Birdwatching Tour
US $49 per person - June 27 PM: Saskatoon Evening Bird Walk
US $49 per person - June 28 AM: Forestry Farm Park Bird Walk Tour
US $49 per person - June 28 PM: Blackstrap Lake Birding Tour
From US $100 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - June 29 – July 1: Carrot River Birding Tour
From US $970 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons
July
- July 1 – 3: Duck Mountain Park Birding Tour
US $1495 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - July 4 AM: Forestry Farm Park Bird Walk Tour
US $49 per person - July 4 PM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
US $49 per person - July 4 PM: Saskatoon Evening Bird Walk
US $35 per person - July 5 – 7: Souris River Birding Tour
US $970 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - July 8: Buffalo Pound Park Birding Tour
US $370 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - July 9: Chaplin Shorebirds Tour
From US $370 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - July 10 – 13: Cypress Hills – Eastend Birding Tour
US $2250 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - July 13 – 15 Grasslands National Park Tour
US $1275 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - July 16 AM: Porter Lake Birdwatching Tour
From US $100 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - July 16 PM: Blackstrap Lake Birding Tour
From US $100 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - July 16 PM: Saskatoon Evening Bird Walk
US $35 per person - July 17: Gardiner Dam – Anerley Lake Birdwatching Tour
US $105 per person - July 18 – 19: Meadow Lake Park Birding Tour
From US $490 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - July 20 AM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
US $49 per person - July 20 PM: Ferry Birding Tour
From US $115 per vehicle with 1 – 3persons - July 21 AM: Sunday Morning Bird Walk
US $49 per person - July 21 PM: Goose Lake Birdwatching & Bird Photo Tour
From US $105 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - July 22: Eagle Creek Birding Tour
From US $295 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - July 23 AM: Donna Birkmaier Park Birdwatching Tour
US $49 per person - July 23 PM: Saskatoon Shorebirds Tour
From US $105 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - July 23 PM: Saskatoon Evening Bird Walk
US $35 per person - July 24: Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary Tour
From US $295 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - July 25 AM: Chief Whitecap Birdwatching Tour
US $49 per person - July 25 PM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
US $49 per person - July 26: Van Scoy Lakes Birding Tour
From US $255 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - July 27 AM: Forestry Farm Park Bird Walk Tour
US $49 per person - July 27 PM: Blackstrap Lake Birding Tour
From US $100 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - July 28 AM: President Murray Park Bird Walk
$35 per person - July 28 PM: Saskatoon Shorebirds Tour
From US $105 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - July 29: Duck Lake & Nisbet Forest Birdwatching Tour
From US $295 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - July 30 AM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
US $49 per person - July 30 PM: Ferry Birding Tour
From US $115 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - July 30 PM: Saskatoon Evening Bird Walk
US $35 per person - July 31 AM: Pike Lake Birdwatching Tour
From US $105 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - July 31 PM: Prairie Lakes Birdwatching Tour
From US $115 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons
August
- August 1 AM: Saskatoon Summer Birdwatching Tour
US $72 per person - August 2 AM: Chief Whitecap Birdwatching Tour
US $49 per person - August 2 PM: Beaver Creek Birdwatching Tour
US $49 per person - August 3 AM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
US $49 per person - August 3 PM: Blackstrap Lake Birding Tour
From US $105 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - August 4 AM: Forestry Farm Park Bird Walk Tour
US $49 per person - August 4 PM: Ferry Birding Tour
From US $115 per vehicle with 1 – 3persons - August 5 – 7: Great Sandhill Birdwatching Tour
From US $1280 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - August 8 AM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
US $49 per person - August 8 PM: President Murray Park Bird Walk
US $35 per person - August 8 PM: Saskatoon Evening Bird Walk
US $35 per person - August 9: Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary Tour
From US $295 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - August 10 AM: Chief Whitecap Birdwatching Tour
US $49 per person - August 10 PM: Saskatoon Shorebirds Tour
From US $105 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - August 11 AM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
US $49 per person - August 11 PM: Blackstrap Lake Birding Tour
From US $105 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - August 12: Porter Lake Birdwatching Tour
From US $100 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - August 13 AM: Forestry Farm Park Bird Walk Tour
US $49 per person - August 14: Van Scoy Lakes Birding Tour
From US $255 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - August 15 AM: Donna Birkmaier Park Birdwatching Tour
US $49 per person - August 15 PM: President Murray Park Bird Walk
US $35 per person - August 16 AM: Chief Whitecap Birdwatching Tour
US $49 per person - August 16 PM: Ferry Birding Tour
From US $115 per vehicle with 1 – 3persons - August 17 AM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
US $49 per person - August 18 AM: President Murray Park Bird Walk
US $35 per person - August 18 PM: Saskatoon Shorebirds Tour
From US $105 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - August 19: Chaplin Shorebirds Tour
From US $370 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - August 20 – 21 Grasslands National Park Tour
US $1125 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - August 22 – 23: Cypress Hills Birding Tour
US $1125 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - August 24 AM: Warbler Walking Tour
US $49 per person - August 24 PM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
US $49 per person - August 25 AM: President Murray Park Bird Walk
US $35 per person - August 25 PM: Blackstrap Lake Birding Tour
From US $105 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - August 26 AM: Chief Whitecap Birdwatching Tour
US $49 per person - August 26 PM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
US $49 per person - August 27 AM: Forestry Farm Park Bird Walk Tour
US $49 per person - August 27 PM: President Murray Park Bird Walk
US $35 per person - August 28 AM: Pike Lake Birdwatching Tour
From US $105 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - August 29 PM: Beaver Creek Birdwatching Tour
US $49 per person - August 30 AM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
US $49 per person - August 30 PM: Prairie Lakes Birdwatching Tour
From US $115 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - August 31 AM: Warbler Walking Tour
US $49 per person - August 31 PM: Blackstrap Lake Birding Tour
From US $105 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons
List of Special Bird Species
Some of the birds that may be seen on certain of our Canada Birding Tours.
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Snow Goose
- Ross’s Goose
- Cackling Goose
- Tundra Swan
- Gadwall
- Redhead
- Ruddy Duck
- Gray Partridge
- Sharp-tailed Grouse – dancing in spring
- Eared Grebe
- Western Grebe
- American White Pelican
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Great Egret
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- White-faced Ibis
- Bald Eagle
- Swainson’s Hawk
- Ferruginous Hawk
- Rough-legged Hawk
- Peregrine Falcon
- Yellow Rail
- Sandhill Crane
- Whooping Crane
- Piping Plover
- Black-necked Stilt
- American Avocet
- Long-billed Curlew
- Upland Sandpiper
- Wilson’s Phalarope
- California Gull
- Franklin’s Gull
- Forster’s Tern
- Snowy Owl – winter
- Northern Hawk Owl – winter
- Great Gray Owl – winter
- Common Poorwill
- Eastern Whip-poor-will
- Red-naped Sapsucker
- American Three-toed Woodpecker
- Black-backed Woodpecker
- Cordilleran Flycatcher
- Dusky Flycatcher
- Say’s Phoebe
- Western Kingbird
- Loggerhead Shrike
- Black-billed Magpie
- Rock Wren
- Pacific Wren
- Mountain Bluebird
- Sprague’s Pipit
- Chestnut-collared Longspur
- Spotted Towhee
- Clay-colored Sparrow
- Brewer’s Sparrow
- Lark Bunting
- Lark Sparrow
- Baird’s Sparrow
- Nelson’s Sparrow
- Western Meadowlark
- Yellow-headed Blackbird
- Baltimore Oriole
- Common Redpoll – winter
- Hoary Redpoll – winter
Please ask about other bird species of interest to you.
Your Leader for Canada Birding Tours
TOUR GUIDE: Your guide has many years of experience finding and observing birds throughout Saskatchewan. For over 30 years, Stan Shadick has been a birding guide for nature tours around Saskatchewan and other parts of the country that have been organized by Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitation, 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”. He was a regional coordinator for the Saskatchewan Breeding Bird Atlas project and helped 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 our Canada birding tours so that all proceeds benefit the work of Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitation.
Testimonials about our Canada Birding Tours
CLICK to listen to Calgary Naturalist Brian Keating on CBC Calgary Radio giving an on-air review of a tour he booked with us.
Canadian Geographic Article. Click Here.
Global TV News Report: Click Here.
“I drove to Saskatoon and met Stan Shadick who arranged for me to observe lekking Sharp-tailed Grouse. Stan set up a blind for me, enabling me to take photos in the early morning hours (04:10 to 08:00, Wednesday, May 5). It was a birding thrill for the year. ” (L. Corkum)
“Was in a private tour with Stan this spring. The best one I have ever had. Highly recommended!” (J. Deng)
That was such a great trip! Thanks so much for the use of the blind and sharing your general knowledge and expertise. (J. Lee)
“We really appreciated your tour last Wednesday; [Our young grandson] loved it!! He also told us he learned alot. I believe you have inspired him to continue his passion of birding. Thanks again for the wonderful guiding! (D. Dear)
How to get to Saskatoon
Air: Saskatoon International Airport (YXE) is served by Air Canada, Westjet and their U.S. partners United and Delta.
Air Canada Star Alliance partners also include Aegean, Air China, Air India, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana, Austrian, Avianca, Brussels, Copa, Croatia, EgyptAir, Ethiopian, EVA, Lot, Lufthansa, SAS, Shenzhen, Singapore, South African, Swiss, TAP, Thai, Turkish, United.
Westjet international partners include AeroMexico, Air France, Air Transat, Azores, Cathay Pacific, China, China Eastern, China Southern, Delta, Emirates, Hainan, Hong Kong, Japan, KLM, Korean, LATAM, Philippine, Quantas, Virgin Atlantic, Xiamen.
Train: Saskatoon’s Train Station is served by Via Rail’s Canadian train serving Toronto, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Jasper and Vancouver.
Bus: Saskatoon – Edmonton and Saskatoon – Regina bus service
Car: Saskatoon is located on Canada’s Yellowhead cross-country highway plus 6 other major highways connecting with all cities in Canada and USA. If you drive, you do not need to rent a car for our tours.
Entering Canada
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My recent fully vaccinated international clients tell me there are no significant delays at the border provided they have fully completed the ArriveCan app in advance.
Other Bird Photography Sessions
- Dancing Grouse Photography Sessions
April – May - Great Gray Owl and Northern Hawk Owl Photography Sessions
January – early March - Goose Lake Photography Tour
- Pelican Photography and Viewing Tour
Special Group Tour: September 3 - Sandhill Crane Photography Sessions
- Sandhill Crane Photography Workshop
- Snowy Owl Photography Sessions
January – March
Saskatoon Custom Bird Tours offers both private and public group tours for birdwatchers and bird photographers throughout Saskatchewan, Canada in all seasons.
All proceeds support Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitation charity, which cares for injured wildlife.