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Let us plan your next trip to Saskatchewan’s natural areas
Saskatchewan Scenic Views
Where are the best Saskatchewan Nature Vistas?
The best Saskatchewan Nature Vistas may be found by travelling to its prairie hilltops, buttes and river valleys. Some of these fabulous viewpoints have local names such as Brockelbank Hill, Jones’s Peak (my favourite), Castle Butte and Conglomerate Cliffs.
The Pasquia Hills are the tallest hills in Saskatchewan with a prominence of 342 meters above base level. The highest point in Saskatchewan occurs in the Cypress Hills with an elevation of 1392 meters which is higher than Banff, Alberta.
Request Saskatchewan Nature Travel Planning Service to prepare the best itinerary for your next visit to our beautiful province.
Saskatchewan Bird Life
Where are the best birding hotspots in Saskatchewan?
Saskatchewan has many birding hotspots.
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, sloughs, fens and wetlands.
Stretching across half of the province, the boreal forest is home to many eastern warblers, woodpeckers, flycatchers and forest hawks.
The great expanses of prairie grasslands attract many special ground-nesting birds.
Request Saskatchewan Nature Travel Planning Service prepare an itinerary for you to visit on your own the best birding hotspots where Saskatchewan’s special bird species are found in spring or summer.
CLICK HERE for more information about our many private and public guided birding tours and bird photography tours that we operate across Saskatchewan in all seasons of the year.
CLICK HERE for information about our Fall Whooping Crane viewing tours.
Saskatchewan Nature Travel Planning Service
What will Saskatchewan Nature Travel Planning do for me?
Saskatchewan Nature Travel Planning Service will help independent travelers make the most of their driving visit to the best scenic vistas and/or birding hotspots in Saskatchewan.
After you submit the registration form below and pay the registration fee, I will phone you to discuss the kind of trip you would like to make to Saskatchewan. I will then research the best travel plan and email you this plan that will include a suggested daily itinerary for visiting these Saskatchewan Nature Areas. This itinerary will include directions for finding these locations as well as information about where to stay nearby along with contact information for the relevant hotels, motels, resorts or campsites.
Your registration fee also includes a $50 discount towards any private or public guided birding tours in Saskatchewan that are offered by Saskatoon Custom Bird Tours. See www.birdtours.ca for more information about their tours.
Who runs Saskatchewan Nature Travel Planning Service?
Saskatchewan naturalist Stan Shadick operates Saskatchewan Nature Travel Planning Service.
Stan has lived in Saskatchewan almost all of his life and has explored all of the best natural areas accessible by vehicle while birding in this province. He is a past president of both the Saskatoon Nature Society and Nature Saskatchewan. He was one of many people who lobbied for the creation of Grasslands National Park. He has received Conservation Awards from both Meewasin Valley Authority and Nature Saskatchewan. He is an e-bird reviewer and has currently seen 356 species of birds in Saskatchewan which ranks among the top on e-bird.
He has been running birding tours for several organizations over the past 40 years. Following retirement, he has run private and public birding tours and bird photography across Saskatchewan for Saskatoon Custom Bird Tours.
All proceeds are donated to help cover the cost to care for injured birds and mammals at Saskatchewan’s Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitation registered charity.
Registration Fee
The total fee to register for Saskatchewan Nature Travel Planning Services is CAD $190. This fee is non-refundable and covers only the research and information provided to you. Meals, transportation, accommodation and any other costs associated with your trip are extra and are not included in this service fee.
Payment Options for Canadian residents
Option A – Single Payment
Canadians may make full non-refundable payment of CAD $190 service fee via e-transfer to
saskatchewan.nature.travel@gmail.com
This payment will be deposited automatically without need for any password. Please check that you spell it correctly. Tax included.
Option B – Two payments
Canadians may first make a new non-refundable donation of CAD $100 to Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitation charity for which they will receive a charitable tax receipt.
This first payment may be made by e-transfer to
LSWR@sasktel.net
The second non-refundable payment of CAD $90 must then be made by e-transfer to
saskatchewan.nature.travel@gmail.com
Please check that you use correct spelling on emails. Tax included.
Payment options for visitors from USA or other countries
After you submit the form below, you will be contacted by phone or email to discuss payment instructions.
Registration Form
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.
Monthly Newsletter
Learn about special Saskatchewan Birding offers and new tours.
CLICK HERE to sign up for the monthly electronic Newsletter from Saskatoon Custom Bird Tours.
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