Email: birdtours [at] sasktel.net
Phone: 306 [then] 652 [then] 5975
Book a private Canada birding tour, a private bird photography session or join any of our many group birding tours and bird photography workshops in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Currently the U.S. Dollar is worth about $1.44 Canadian Dollars making 2025 an excellent year to join our Canadian Birding and Bird Photography Tours.
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Canada Birding Tours and Bird Photography Sessions: Saskatchewan, Canada
Bird Photography

HALF-DAY PRIVATE BIRDWATCHING TOURS
FULL-DAY PRIVATE BIRDWATCHING TOURS
MULTI-DAY GROUP BIRDWATCHING TOURS
LOW MOBILITY BIRDWATCHING TOURS
BLIND / LOW VISION BIRDING TOURS
BIRDING BY EAR ONLINE WORKSHOPS
SANDHILL CRANE PHOTOGRAPHY SESSIONS
SANDHILL CRANE PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
GREAT GRAY OWL PHOTOGRAPHY TOURS
DANCING GROUSE PHOTOGRAPHY TOURS
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CLICK HERE for about Sandhill Crane Photo Workshop, October 17 – 18, 2025.



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Recent Testimonial
“We felt especially honoured that we had the opportunity to go with you – the wealth of information and knowledge that you shared and the ethical approach you took to watching the birds were really outstanding. We were glad to be seated comfortably in a car and not jostling for position in a crowded van…
We appreciated that you you adjusted your pace to our learner and interest level.”
Joy I. (October 2024 Whooping Crane Tour)
Where are the Best Places to Go Birdwatching in Canada?
Saskatoon Custom Bird Tours offers private and public guided birdwatching tours and bird photography tours out of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Our selection of Canada Birding Tours makes Saskatoon the best destination for birding tourists. See both eastern and western birds.
Some of our special tours include photographing and viewing Dancing Grouse (spring), Prairie, Forest and Wetland birds (summer), Whooping Cranes and Sandhill Cranes (fall), Snowy Owls and Great Gray Owls (winter).
Custom tours and bird ID workshops available.
Our birdwatching tours and bird photography tours make excellent birthday gifts, Mother’s Day gifts, Father’s Day gifts, retirement gifts or anniversary birding gifts for birders interested in birds and nature.
Saskatoon is located where two major North American bird flyways meet. During the breeding season in June and July about 150 bird species occur 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 and shorebirds become plentiful.
Because both eastern and western North American birds occur here, our Saskatchewan birdwatching tours out of Saskatoon, Canada can show you the best selection of North American bird species from a single hub.
Please scroll down on this page and complete our Tour Suggestions Request Form so that we can advise you on the best tours we can offer based upon the dates of your planned visit to Saskatchewan.
Lists with links to descriptions of our available tours are found below.
April – May Birdwatching and Bird Photography Tours and Workshops
Private tours available on most dates. Dates of any special group tours are noted.
- Beaver Creek Birdwatching Tour
Special Public Tours: May 14, 2025 - Blackstrap Lake Birding and Bird Photography Tour
Special Public Tours: May 26, 2025 - Buffalo Pound Park Birding Tour (May – September)
Private Tours available
Public Tours: May 19, 27, 2025 - Chaplin Shorebirds Tour
Special Public Tours: May 19, 28, 2025 - Chickadee Photography Tour
Private Tours available in April - Canada Saskatchewan Spring Birding Grand Tour
Special Public Tour: May 13 – 19, 2025 - Chief Whitecap Park Birding Tour (May – September)
Special Public Tour: May 16, 2025 - Dancing Grouse Bird Photography Tours (mid April – mid May)
Photography Tours: April 26– May 9, 2025 - Donna Birkmaier Park Tour (April – September)
Special Public Tours: May 5, 2025 - Eagle Creek and Hills Birding Tour (May – July)
Special Public Tour: May 29, 2025 - Ferry Birding Tour (May – August)
Private Tours available - Forestry Farm Park Bird Walk Tour
Special Public Tours: May 8, 2025 - Goose Lake Bird Tour
Special Public Tour: May 16, 2025 - Grasslands National Park Tour
Special Public Tour: May 17 – 19, 2025 - Great Sand Hills Birding Tour
Private Tour Available - Greenwater Lake Park Birding Tour
Private Tour available - Low Mobility / Wheelchair Birding Tours
Special Public Tours: May 9, 16, 2025 - Meadow Lake Park Birding Tour
Special Public Tour: April 9 – 10, 2025 - Night Sounds Tours (April)
Special Public Tour: April 5, 2025 - Pike Lake Birding Tour (January – August)
Special Public Tour: May 9, 2025 - Porter Lake Birding Tour
Special Public Tour: May 14, 2025 - Prairie Grasslands Birding Tour
Special Public Tour: May 13, 2025 - Prairie Lakes Birding Tour
Special Public Tour: May 15 - President Murray Park Bird Walk
Private Tours available
Public Tour: May 29, 2025 - Prince Albert National Park Owling Tour
Special Public Tour: April 12 – 13 - Quill Lakes Birding Tour – 8 hours
Special Public Tour: May 17, 2025 - Radisson Lake Birding Tour –
Private Tour available
Special Public Tour – April 27, 2025 - Redberry Lake Bird Sanctuary Tour
Private Tour available - Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
Special Public Tours: May 15 - Saskatoon Shorebirds Tour
Special Public Tour: May 25, 2025 - Short-eared Owl Photography
Private Tours available: May - Signs of Spring Birding Tour (April – June)
Special Public Tour: May 11, 2025 - Sunday Morning Bird Walk
Public Tour: May 11, 2025 - Van Scoy Lakes Birding Tour (May)
Private Tour available - Weir Birding Tour (November – August)
Special Public Tour: May 8, 2025 - Wild Raptor Tour
Private Tour available
Public Tour: May 3, 2025 - Custom Bird Photography Tour (May – September)
Private Tour available
June – 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
Public Tours: June 22, August 2, 10, 15, 27, 2025 - Blackstrap Lake Birding and Bird Photography Tour
Public Tours: July 17, August 1, 8, 16, 21, 29, 2025 - Buffalo Pound Park Birding Tour
Special Public Tour: July 9, 2025 - Burrowing Owl Photography Private Tours
Daily: TBA - Canada SW Saskatchewan Birding Grand Tour
Special Public Tour: June 12 – 23, 2025 - Canada Saskatchewan Summer Birding Tour
Special Public Tour: June 29 – July 18, 2025 - Canada Saskatchewan mid-Summer Birding Tour
Special Public Tour: August 3 – 10, 2025 - Canada Saskatchewan Late-Summer Birding Tour
Special Public Tour: August 24 – 31, 2025 - Carrot River Whip-poor-will Quest Birding Tour
Special Public Birding Tour: June 6 – 8 and June 30 – July 2, 2025 - Chaplin Shorebirds Tour
Special Public Tour: June 20 & July 10, 24, 2025 - Chappell Marsh Birding and Hiking Tour
Private Tour available - Chief Whitecap Birding and Hiking Tour – 3 hours
Public Tour: July 27, August 9, 16, 24, 2025 - Cypress Hills – Grasslands Birding Tour
Public Tour: June 12 – 19, July 11 – 14, 2025 - Custom Bird Photography Tour
Private Tour available - Donna Birkmaier Park Tour
Public Tours: July 31, August 10, 19, 2025 - Duck Lake and Nisbet Forest Birding Tour – 6 hours
Special Public Tour: June 28, July 31, 2025 - Duck Mountain Birding Tour – eastern birds
Special Public Tour: June 3 – 5 & July 2 – 4, 2025 - Eastern Saskatchewan Birding Tour
June 3 – 10, 2025 - Eagle Creek and Hills Birding Tour (June – July)
Special Public Tours: July 21, 2025 - Ferry Birding Tour (May – August)
Public Tours: July 20, August 4, 23 & 31, 2025 - Forestry Farm Park Bird Walk Tour
Public Tours: July 29, August 4, 19, 23, 27, 2025 - Gardiner Dam – Anerley Lakes Birding Tour
Public Tours July 18, August 20, 2025 - Goose Lake Birding and Bird Photography Tours
Public Tours: June 29, July 27, August 12, 26, 2025 - Grasslands National Park Tour
Public Tours: June 17 – 19 & July 14 -16, 2025 - Great Sand Hills Birding Tour
August 5 – 7, 2025 - Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary Tour – 8 hours
Special Public Tour: August 3, 30, 2025 - Meadow Lake Park Birding Tour
Private Tours available - Pelican Photography and Viewing Tour
Private Tours available - Pike Lake Birding Tour – 3 hours (January – August)
Public Tour: June 22 & 29, July 25, 29, August 13, 26, 2025 - Porter Lake Birding Tour – 3 hours
Public Tours: July 17, 30, August 12, 2025 - Prairie Grasslands Birding Tour
Private Tours available - Prairie Lakes Birding Tour – 4 hours
Public Tours: July 25, August 14, 22, 28, 2025 - President Murray Park Bird Walk
Public Tours: July 29, August 1, 8, 14, 21, 29, 2025 - Prince Albert National Park Birding Tour
Public Tours: June 9, 10, July 28, 29, August 17, 18 - Quill Lakes Birding Tour
Private Tour Available - Radisson Lake Birding Tour
Special Public Tours: August 2, 25, 2025 - Redberry Lake Bird Sanctuary Tour – 8 hours
Special Public Tour: August 25, 2025 - Saskatchewan mid-Summer Birding Tour
Special Public Tour: August 3 – 10, 2025 - Saskatchewan Late-Summer Birding Tour
Special Public Tour: August 24 – 31, 2025 - Saskatoon Birdwatching Tour
Private Tours Available
Public Tours: July 30, August 13, 2025 - Saskatoon Evening Bird Walks – 1.5 hours
Public Tours: August 12, 14, 19, 21, 2025 - Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walks – 2 hours
Public Tours: June 23, August 1, 8, 15, 21, 29, 2025 - Saskatoon Shorebirds Tour (July – August)
August 9, 2025 - SE Saskatchewan Birding Tour (June – July)
Special Public Tour: TBA - Shorebird Photography Workshop
July 22 – 23, 2025 - Souris River Birding Tour
Special Public Tour: June 25 – 27 & July 6 – 8, 2025 - Sunday Morning Guided Bird Walk
August 31, 2025 - Van Scoy Lakes Birding Tour
Special Public Tours: July 26, August 11, 2025 - Warbler Walking Tour
Special Public Tour: August 22, 24, 28, 2025 - Weir Birding Tour – (November – August)
Public Tours: July 19, 26, 31, August 10, 15, 22, 2025 - Wild Raptor Tour
Private Tour available
September – November Birdwatching Tours
Private tours available on most dates.
Dates of any special group tours are noted.
- Whooping Crane and Sandhill Crane Birding Tours
Private Tours: Daily September 19 – October 29, 2025
Public Tour: September 27, 2025 - Beaver Creek Birding and Hiking Tour
Special Public Tours: September 5, 13, 2025 - Blackstrap Lake Birding and Bird Photography Tour
Special Public Tours: September 2, 9, 2025 - Burrowing Owl Photography Private Tours
TBA - Canada Saskatchewan Autumn Birding Grand Tour
Special Public Tour: September 9 – 18, 2025 - Chief Whitecap Park Birding Tour (early September)
Special Public Tours: September 2, 10, 2025 - Donna Birkmaier Park Bird Walk
Special Public Tour: September 8, 17, 2025 - Ferry Birding Tour
Special Public Tour: September 10, 2025 - Forestry Farm Park Birding Tour
Special Public Tours: September 7, 13, 2025 - Goose Lake Birdwatching & Photo Tour
Private Tours available - Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary Tour
Special Public Tour: September 14, 2025 - Pelican Photography and Viewing Tour
Special Public Tour: September 1, 2025 - Pike Lake Birding Tour
Special Public Tours: September 9, 17, 2025 - Porter Lake Birding Tour – 3 hours
Private Tours available - Prairie Lakes Birding Tour – 4 hours
Special Public Tours: September 3, 12, 2025 - President Murray Park Bird Walk
Special Public Tour: September 3, 2025 - Prince Albert National Park Birding Tour
Special Public Tours: September 15, 16, 2025 - Redberry Lake Bird Sanctuary
Special Public Tour: September 18, 2025 - Sandhill Crane Photography Sessions
Morning & Evening Sessions Daily: September – October - Sandhill Crane Photography Workshop
October 17 – 18, 2025 - Sandhill Crane Public Tour
Special Public Tour: September 17, 2025 - Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
Special Public Tours: September 4, 8, 12 - Van Scoy Lakes Birding Tour
Private Tours available - Warbler Walking Tour
Special Public Tours: September 4, 5, 11, 2025 - Weir Birding Tour – (November – September)
Special Public Tour: TBA - Whooping Crane 1-day Birding Tours
Private Tours Available:
September 24, 25, 26, 30,
October 1, 2, 7, 8, 12, 13, 21, 26
Public Tour: September 27, 2025 - Whooping Crane and Sandhill Crane 2-day Birding Tours
Private Tours Available:
September 20-21, 22-23, 28-29
October 9-10, 14-15, 16-17, 19-20, 22-23, 24-25
- Wild Raptor Tour
Special Public Tour: September 7, 2025
November – December Birdwatching Tours and Bird Photography Tours
Private tours available on most dates. Dates of any special group tours are noted.
- Blackstrap Waterfowl Tour
Special Group Tour: November 12 - Chickadee Feeding Tours
Special Group Tours: December 17, 2024 - Forestry Farm Park Bird Walk
Special Group Tour: December 4 - Great Gray Owl Photography Tours
Private Tours available - Pike Lake Birding Tour
Special Group Tour: December 19 - President Murray Park Bird Walk
Special Group Tour: November 26 - Saskatoon Winter Birdwatching Tour
Special Group Tour: December 8 - Snowy Owl Half Day Group Tour
Special Group Tour: December 18 & 19 - Snowy Owl Full Day Group Tour
Special Group Tours: December 18 & 21 - Snowy Owl Private Tours
December 18 – 20, 2024
January – February Birdwatching Tours and Bird Photography Tours
- Forestry Farm Park Bird Walk
Special Group Tour: TBA - Great Gray and Northern Hawk Owl Photo Workshops
TBA - Great Gray Owl 2 Day Photo Tour
Special Group Tour: TBA
Private tours available. - Northern Hawk Owl 2 Day Tour
Group Tour: TBA
Private tours available on other dates. - Pike Lake Birding Tour
Special Group Tour: TBA - President Murray Park Bird Walk
Private tours available - Saskatoon Winter Birdwatching Tour
Special Group Tours: TBA - Snowy Owl Half Day Group Tour
Special Group Tours: TBA - Snowy Owl Full Day Group Tour
Special Group Tours: TBA - Snowy Owl Photography Workshop
TBA - Snowy Owl Private Tours
TBA
March Birdwatching Tours and Bird Photography Tours
Private tours available on most dates. Dates of any special group tours are noted.
- Bald Eagle Viewing Tour
Private Tours available - Beaver Creek Birding Tour
Private Tours available - Chickadee Feeding Tour (November -February)
Private Tours available
Group Tour: March 26 - Cypress Hills Golden Eagle Quest Birding Tour
Private Tours available - Forestry Farm Bird Walk
Special Group Tour: March 30 - Great Gray Owl Photography Tour
Private Tours available
Special Group Tours: January 7, March 7 - Meadow Lake Park Birding Tour
Private Tours available - Night Sounds Tours
Private Tours available In late March - Northern Hawk Owl Photography Workshop
TBA - Northern Hawk Owl Photography Tours
Private Hawk Owl Photo Tours: February – March - Pike Lake Park Winter Birding Tour
Private Tours: November – September - President Murray Park Bird Walk
Private Tours: November – September - Prince Albert National Park Birding Tour
Private Tours: January – December - Ptarmigan Photography & Viewing Tour
Private Tours Available - Saskatoon Winter Birdwatching Tour (November – March)
Private Tours: November – March
Group Tour: March 23, 2025 - Signs of Spring Birding Tour
Special Group Tour: TBA - Snowy Owl Tours (November- February)
Private Tours available - Tobin Lake Birding Tour
Special Group Tour: TBA - Weir Birding Tour
Private Tours: November – August
Special Group Tour: TBA
Testimonials about our Birdwatching Tours and Bird Photography 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.
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“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)
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)
“Was in a private tour with Stan this spring. The best one I have ever had. Highly recommended!” (J. Deng)
Stanley was as polite, informative, and knowledgeable as you could want in a guide for this kind of tour. We spent about two hours moving up and down a trail along the river at a leisurely pace while he picked out different birds either by their song or by catching sight of them flying by us.
He had a wealth of knowledge about the different birds we spotted, some of the other wildlife in the area, and of Saskatoon too. I was curious about his interest and background in birding and he was happy to chat about it which was really interesting. His passion for birds and birding comes through in spades and I’d recommend this tour to anyone. (C Nolan Ireland)
Hi Stan
Thank you so much for the great birding on the weekend !
We both loved it ..
R.M. Nanaimo, BC
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Public Canada Birding Tours and Bird Photography Tours arranged by date
Public Tour dates are subject to change until they are booked.
Private tours are available on many other dates.
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May
- May 17 -31: Short-eared Owl Photography Private Tours
From $290 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - May 19: Buffalo Pound Park Birding Tour
$490 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - May 19: Chaplin Shorebirds Tour
From $490 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - May 19 AM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
$65 per person - May 19 PM: Saskatoon Birdwatching Tour
$95 per person - May 25: Saskatoon Shorebirds Tour
From $140 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - May 26 PM: Blackstrap Birding Tour
From $135 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - May 27: Buffalo Pound Park Birding Tour
$490 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - May 28: Chaplin Shorebirds Tour
From $490 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - May 29: Eagle Creek and Hills Birding Tour
From $390 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - May 29 AM: President Murray Park Bird Walk
$45 per person
June
- June 3 – 10: Eastern Saskatchewan Birding Grand Tour
From $5890 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - June 3 – 5: Duck Mountain Park Birding Tour
from $2490 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - June 6 – 8: Carrot River Whip-poor-will Quest Birding Tour
From $2190 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - June 9: Prince Albert National Park 1-day Birding Tour
$690 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - June 9-10: Prince Albert National Park 2-day Birding Tour
$1590 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - June 12 – 23: SW Saskatchewan Birding Grand Tour
From $5580 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - June 12 – 19 Cypress Hills – Grasslands Park Birding Tour
$4980 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - June 14 – 15: Cypress Hills Birding Tour
$2990 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - June 14 – 17: Cypress Hills – Eastend Birding Tour
$3990 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - June 17 – 19: Grasslands Park Birding Tour
$1690 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - June 20: Chaplin Shorebirds Tour
$690 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - June 22 AM: Pike Lake Birding Tour
$190 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - June 22 PM: Beaver Creek Birding Tour
$65 per person - June 25 – 27: Souris River Birding Tour
$1990 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - June 28: Duck Lake & Nisbet Forest Birding Tour
From $390 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - June 29 – July 18: Saskatchewan Summer Birding Grand Tour
From $10,200 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - June 29 AM: Pike Lake Birding Tour
$190 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - June 29 PM: Goose Lake Birding Tour
$190 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - June 30 – July 2: Carrot River Whip-poor-will Quest Birding Tour
$2490 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons
July
- June 29 – July 18: Saskatchewan Summer Birding Grand Tour
From $10,200 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - June 30 – July 2: Carrot River Whip-poor-will Quest Birding Tour
$2490 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - July 2 – 4: Duck Mountain Park Birding Tour
$2490 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - July 6 – 8: Souris River Birding Tour
$1990 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - July 9: Buffalo Pound Park Birding Tour
$490 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - July 10: Chaplin Shorebirds Tour
$690 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - July 11 – 12 Cypress Hills Birding Tour
$2990 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - July 11 – 14 Cypress Hills – Eastend Birding Tour
$3990 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - July 14 – 16: Grasslands Park Birding Tour
$1690 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - July 17 AM: Porter Lake Birding Tour
$140 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - July 17 PM: Blackstrap Birding Tour
$175 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - July 18: Gardiner Dam Birding Tour
$390 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - July 19: Redberry Lake Bird Sanctuary Tour
$390 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - July 20: Ferry Birding Tour
From $150 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - July 22 – 23: Shorebird Photography Workshop
$950 per person - July 25 AM: Pike Lake Birding Tour
From $140 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - July 25 PM: Prairie Lakes Birding Tour
From $150 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - July 26: Van Scoy Lake Birding Tour
From $340 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - July 26 PM: Saskatoon Weir Birding Tour
$45 per person - July 27 AM: Chief Whitecap Park Birding Tour
$65 per person - July 27 PM: Goose Lake Birding Tour
$190 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - July 28: Prince Albert National Park 1-day Birding Tour
$690 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - July 28-29: Prince Albert National Park 2-day Birding Tour
$1590 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - July 29 AM: Pike Lake Birding Tour
From $140 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - July 29 AM: President Murray Park Bird Walk
$45 per person - July 29 PM: Forestry Farm Park Bird Walk
- July 30 AM: Porter Lake Birding Tour
From $100 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - July 30 PM: Saskatoon Birdwatching Tour
$95 per person - July 31: Duck Lake & Nisbet Forest Birding Tour
From $390 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - July 31 PM: Saskatoon Weir Birding Tour
$45 per person - July 31 PM: Donna Birkmaier Park Bird Walk
$65 per person
August
- August 1 AM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
$65 per person - August 1 AM: President Murray Park Bird Walk
$65 per person - August 1 PM: Blackstrap Birding Tour
From $135 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - August 2 AM: Radisson Lake Birding Tour
$290 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - August 2 PM: Beaver Creek Birding Tour
$65 per person - August 3 – 10: Canada Saskatchewan mid-Summer Birding Grand Tour
From $3480 per vehicle with 1 -3 persons plus leader - August 3: Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary Tour
From $390 per vehicle with 1 -3 persons plus leader - August 4 AM: Forestry Farm Park Bird Walk
$65 per person - August 4 PM: Ferry Birding Tour
From $150 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - August 5 – 7: Great Sand Hills Birding Tour
From $1690 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - August 8 AM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
$65 per person - August 8 AM: President Murray Park Bird Walk
$65 per person - August 8 PM: Blackstrap Birding Tour
From $135 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - August 9 AM: Chief Whitecap Park Birding Tour
$65 per person - August 9 PM: Saskatoon Shorebirds Tour
From $140 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - August 10 AM: Donna Birkmaier Park Bird Walk
$65 per person - August 10 PM: Beaver Creek Birding Tour
$65 per person - August 10 PM: Saskatoon Weir Birding Tour
$45 per person - August 11: Van Scoy Lake Birding Tour
From $340 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons - August 12 AM: Porter Lake Birding Tour
From $100 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - August 12 PM: Goose Lake Birding Tour
$190 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - August 12 PM: Saskatoon Evening Bird Walk – Cosmopolitan Park
$45 per person - August 13 AM: Pike Lake Birding Tour
From $140 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - August 13 PM: Saskatoon Birdwatching Tour
$95 per person - August 14 AM: President Murray Park Bird Walk
$65 per person - August 14 PM: Prairie Lakes Birding Tour
From $150 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - August 14 PM: Saskatoon Evening Bird Walk – Lakewood Park
$45 per person - August 15 AM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
$65 per person - August 15 PM: Beaver Creek Birding Tour
$65 per person - August 15 PM: Saskatoon Weir Birding Tour
$45 per person - August 16 AM: Chief Whitecap Park Birding Tour
$65 per person - August 16 PM: Blackstrap Birding Tour
From $135 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - August 17: Prince Albert National Park 1-day Birding Tour
$690 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - August 17-18: Prince Albert National Park 2-day Birding Tour
$1590 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - August 19 AM: Forestry Farm Park Bird Walk
$65 per person - August 19 PM: Donna Birkmaier Park Bird Walk
$65 per person - August 19 PM: Saskatoon Evening Bird Walk – Holiday Park
$45 per person - August 20: Gardiner Dam Birding Tour
$390 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - August 21 AM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
$65 per person - August 21 AM: President Murray Park Bird Walk
$65 per person - August 21 PM: Blackstrap Birding Tour
From $135 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - August 21 PM: Saskatoon Evening Bird Walk – Meewasin Park
$45 per person - August 22 AM: Warbler Bird Walk – Factoria
$65 per person - August 22 PM: Prairie Lakes Birding Tour
From $150 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - August 22 PM: Saskatoon Weir Birding Tour
$45 per person - August 23 AM: Forestry Farm Park Bird Walk
$65 per person - August 23 PM: Ferry Birding Tour
From $150 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - August 24 – 31: Saskatchewan Late Summer Birding Tour
- August 24 AM: Chief Whitecap Park Birding Tour
$65 per person - August 24 PM: Warbler Bird Walk – Holiday Park
$65 per person - August 25 Combined Radisson and Redberry Lakes Birding Tour
$490 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - August 26 AM: Pike Lake Birding Tour
From $140 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - August 26 PM: Goose Lake Birding Tour
From $140 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - August 27 AM: Forestry Farm Park Bird Walk
$65 per person - August 27 PM: Beaver Creek Birding Tour
$65 per person - August 28 AM: Warbler Bird Walk – Factoria
$65 per person - August 28 PM: Prairie Lakes Birding Tour
From $150 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - August 29 AM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
$65 per person - August 29 AM: President Murray Park Bird Walk
$45 per person - August 29 PM: Blackstrap Birding Tour
From $135 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - August 30: Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary Tour
From $390 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - August 31 AM: Sunday Morning Bird Walk
$65 per person - August 31 PM: Ferry Birding Tour
From $150 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader
September
- September 1: Pelican Photography Tour
From $390 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - September 1: Gardiner Dam Birding Tour
From $390 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - September 2 AM: Chief Whitecap Park Birding Tour
$65 per person - September 2 PM: Blackstrap Birding Tour
From $135 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - September 3 AM: President Murray Park Bird Walk
$45 per person - September 3 PM: Prairie Lakes Birding Tour
From $150 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - September 4 AM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
$65 per person - September 4 PM: Warbler Bird Walk – Holiday Park
$65 per person - September 5 AM: Warbler Bird Walk – Factoria
$65 per person - September 5 PM: Beaver Creek Birding Tour
$65 per person - September 7 AM: Forestry Farm Park Bird Walk
$65 per person - September 7 PM: Wild Raptor Tour
$95 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - September 8 AM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
$65 per person - September 8 PM: Donna Birkmaier Park Bird Walk
$65 per person - September 9 – 18: Saskatchewan Autumn Birding Grand Tour
$3750 per person - September 9 AM: Pike Lake Birding Tour
From $140 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - September 9 PM: Blackstrap Birding Tour
From $135 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - September 10 AM: Chief Whitecap Park Birding Tour
$65 per person - September 10 PM: Ferry Birding Tour
From $150 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - September 11 AM: Warbler Bird Walk – Factoria
$65 per person - September 11 PM: Warbler Bird Walk – Holiday Park
$65 per person - September 12 AM: Saskatoon Riverbank Bird Walk
$65 per person - September 12 PM: Prairie Lakes Birding Tour
From $150 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - September 13 AM: Forestry Farm Park Bird Walk
$65 per person - September 13 PM: Beaver Creek Birding Tour
$65 per person - September 14: Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary Tour
From $390 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - September 15: Prince Albert National Park 1-day Birding Tour
$690 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - September 15 – 16: Prince Albert National Park 2-day Birding Tour
$1590 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - September 17 AM: Donna Birkmaier Park Bird Walk
$65 per person - September 17 PM: Fall Sandhill Crane Tour
From $240 per vehicle with 1 – 3 persons plus leader - September 18: Redberry Lake Whooping Crane Quest Tour
$490 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons - September 20 – October 29: Whooping Crane Tours
Multiple Tours Discount for Bird Photography and Birdwatching Tours
Can’t decide which birdwatching tour to take?
Check out our multiple tours discount described here.
Carpooling
If you would like to share the costs of a tour with other interested birders, then complete the Carpooling Section of the Registration Request Form or email the tour name, your name, phone number and email address to birdtours [at] sasktel.net
Questions?
EMAIL birdtours@sasktel.net to book a birdwatching tour, to order a gift certificate or with any questions.
Please include your name and a contact phone number and other pertinent information.
Gift Certificates Available
These tours make an excellent birthday gift, anniversary gift, graduation gift or special gift for a birder, birdwatcher or anyone interested in nature.
Click here for information about gift certificates for any of our 2023 and 2024 birding and bird photography tours.
How to get to Saskatoon
Air: Saskatoon International Airport (YXE) is served by Flair, 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
CLICK HERE for government regulations for entering Canada.
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 Things to Do
Get more ideas on what to do on the Kayak Saskatoon Travel Guide.
Covid Safety Policy on Tours
- Your tour leader is fully vaccinated.
- 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 strongly recommend that you consider obtaining 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 SUGGESTIONS REQUEST FORM
Send us your possible tour dates and we will get back to you with the best tour suggestions for that time period.
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