A guided birding tour will introduce you to the feathered fauna of the Canadian Rockies, birds that are tough, beautiful, and very creative in their survival strategies. From the end of spring migration to the height of breeding season, our birds are in their best plumage, and their best voice.

In June, there are a lot of migrants coming through, and resident birds are singing and courting. By July, the birds start to quiet down (they switch from courting to breeding and rearing young), so we see and hear fewer birds in July than in June.

I sometimes run birding tours after July 15, with the understanding that it is more difficult to find birds later in the summer. If you are interested, please contact me.

Get ready for your trip with a birding app from Cornell or Audubon, and for a taste of the stories you’ll hear, take a look at one of the birding posts on my Nature Notes blog. A new Banff bird checklist is now available online.