CANADA BIRDING TOURS
WHERE TO GO BIRDING IN CANADA?
Saskatchewan has many of Canada’s Best 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.
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.
2022 CANADA BIRDING TOURS SCHEDULE
CLICK THE FOLLOWING SASKATOON CUSTOM BIRD TOURS FOR DETAILS.
JUNE
- Saskatchewan Birding Hotspots Tour Series (June 7 - 20, 2022)
- Duck Mountain Park group Birding tour (June 7-10, 2022)
- Cypress Hills - Grasslands Group Birding tour (June 12-17, 2022)
- Best Birding Hotspots of Souris River Tour (June 28 - 30, 2022)
- Grasslands National Park group birding tours (June 25 - 26, 2022)
- Saskatoon Birdwatching Tour (all year)
- Beaver Creek Birding and Hiking Tour - 3 hours from $195
- Chaplin Shorebirds Tour - 12 hours
- Chappell Marsh Birding and Hiking Tour - 2 hours
- Chief Whitecap Birding and Hiking Tour - 3 hours
- Cypress Hills - Grasslands Birding Tour June 12 - 17, 2022
- Custom Bird Photography Tour - 3 hours
- Donna Birkmaier and Hyde Parks Tour - 3 hours
- Duck Mountain Birding Tour - eastern birds June 7 - 10, 2022
- Eagle Creek and Hills Birding Tour - 8 hours (June - July)
- Grasslands National Park Tour June 25 - 26, 2022
- Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary Tour - 8 hours
- Pike Lake Birding Tour - 4 hours (January - August)
- Porter Lake Birding Tour - 3 hours
- Prairie Grasslands Birding Tour - 8 hours
- Prairie Lakes Birding Tour - 4 hours
- Quill Lakes Birding Tour - 8 hours
- Saskatoon Evening Bird Walks - 1.5 hours
- Souris River Birding Tour (June 19 - 21, 2022)
- Van Scoy Lakes Birding Tour - 6 hours
- Weir Birding Tour - (November - August)
- Warbler Walking Tour - 3 hours
- Songbird Stroll
- Sunday Morning Guided Bird Walk
JULY - AUGUST
- Prince Albert National Park Group Birding Tour (July 3 - 5, 2022)
- Chaplin Shorebirds Tour (May – August)
- Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary Tour (April - October)
- Beaver Creek Birding and Hiking Tour (all year)
- Prairie Lakes Birding Tour (May – early November)
- Porter Lake Birding Tour (April - September)
- Quill Lakes Birding Tour (April - August)
- Chappell Marsh Birding and Hiking Tour (May - September)
- Chief Whitecap Park Birding Tour (May - September)
- Donna Birkmaier and Hyde Parks Tour - 3 hours
- Eagle Creek and Hills Birding Tour (May - July)
- Van Scoy Lakes Birding Tour (May - August)
- Wanuskewin Birding and Walking Tour (May - August)
- Camp Wolf Willow birding tour (July – August)
- Sunday Morning Guided Bird Walk (May - August)
- Songbird Stroll (May - August)
- Pelican Photography and Viewing tour (August)
- Warbler Walking Tour (August 20 - September 20)
SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER
- Whooping & Sandhill Crane Birding Tours (September – October)
- Warbler Walking Tour (August 20 - September 20)
- Pelican Photography and Viewing tour (early September)
- Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary Tour (April - October)
- Beaver Creek Birding and Hiking Tour (all year)
- Prairie Lakes Birding Tour (May – early November)
- Porter Lake Birding Tour (April - September)
- Chappell Marsh Birding and Hiking Tour (May - September)
- Wild Raptor Tour (September)
NOVEMBER - DECEMBER
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- Bald Eagle private birding tour (November 7 – December 13)
- Beaver Creek birding and hiking tour (all year)
- Chickadee Feeding tour (November – April)
- Forest Winter birding tour - Great Gray Owls (November – December)
- Saskatoon birdwatching tour (all year)
- Snowy Owl private birding tour (December)
JANUARY - MARCH 2023
- Beaver Creek Birding and Hiking Tour (all year)
- Chickadee Feeding and Photography Tour (January – April)
- Northern Owl Adventure Tour Series
- Saskatoon Birdwatching Tour (all year)
- Snowy Owl private Birding and Photography Tour (January – March)
- Forest Winter Birding and Photography Tour - Great Gray Owls (January – April)
APRIL- MAY 2022
- Dancing Grouse Birding and Photography Tour (April – May)
- Saskatoon Birdwatching Tour (all year)
- Signs of Spring Birding Tour (March 24 - May 28)
- Sounds of the Night Group Nature Tours (April)
- Beaver Creek Birding and Hiking Tour (all year)
- Chickadee Feeding and Photography Tour (January – April)
- Prairie Grasslands Birding Tour (late April – July)
- Prairie Lakes birding tour (May – early November)
- Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary Tour (April - October)
- Porter Lake Birding Tour (April - September)
- Quill Lakes Birding Tour (April - August)
- Chappell Marsh Birding and Hiking Tour (May - September)
- Chaplin Shorebirds tour (May – August)
- Sunday Morning Guided Bird Walk (May - August)
- Songbird Stroll (May - August)
MULTIPLE TOURS DISCOUNT
Can't decide which tour to take?
Check out our multiple tours discount for Canada birding tours described here.
HOW TO GET TO SASKATOON
Air: Saskatoon International Airport (YXE) is served by Air Canada, Westjet, and their partners United and Delta.
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.
Travel Requirements: Current travel requirements for entering Canada are provided here. Fully vaccinated travelers from USA no longer need a pre-arrival Covid test to enter Canada or to return to USA.
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. Alternatively, you may email birdtours@sasktel.net to request this information.
Let us show you the best birds during our Canada Birding Tours.
PRIVATE BIRDING TOURS
GROUP BIRDING TOURS
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. He 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 is currently 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 our birding tours so that all proceeds benefit the work of Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitation.
