Calgary Day Tours

The Calgary region, in southern Alberta, is a great place to visit for birding throughout the year. Winter, while often cold and snowy, brings about the possibility of finding owls such as Northern Hawk-Owl, Snowy Owl and Great Gray Owl, amongst others. Other birds that may be found during the winter include winter finches, such as redpolls, Evening Grosbeaks, Pine Grosbeaks, and White-winged Crossbills. Snow Buntings can be found out on the open prairie, and Gray Partridge are quite findable here throughout the year. During the spring and summer months, the area is alive with birds. In nearby areas of forest on the foothills, there are eastern species such as Cape May Warbler, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Le Conte's Sparrow, Blue-headed Vireo, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and Alder Flycatchers to find. South of Calgary, wetlands are home to birds like White-faced Ibis, Black-crowned Night-Herons, Forster's Terns, Black-necked Stilts, Marbled Godwits and Willets. Traveling a little further afield, we may be able to arrange for you to see prairie specialties such as Thick-billed and Chestnut-collared longspurs, Sprague's Pipit, Ferruginous Hawk, Baird's Sparrow. Migration brings many waterfowl and shorebirds to the wetlands and prairie potholes in the area.