Spring Migration Monitoring has begun!
The LSLBO started up our 2025 season on April 16 and we will be monitoring spring migration until June 10th. You can c Check out our WEEKLY REPORTS from the station for all the latest updates.
Spring Bird Observatory Tours: Interested in visiting the LSLBO this spring? Drop in visitors are welcome during the mornings . Special group and school tours can be booked this spring by calling the Boreal Centre at 780-849-8240.
Thank you to our incredible sponsors for all their funding and in-kind support each season: Alberta Conservation Association, Alberta Parks, Environment and Climate Change Canada, TC Energy, Canada Summer Jobs Program, ATCO Energy, Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta, Lesser Slave Watershed Council, Lesser Slave Forest Education Society, Vanderwell Contractors, West Fraser, Tolko Industries, Millar Western and of course, all of our dedicated members and donors. Thank you!
28th Annual Songbird Festival
May 24 & 25, 2025
Our annual celebration of spring migration in the boreal forest will be taking place on May 24 and 25, 2025 this year.
Saturday: May 24th Pancake breakfast, birding walks, tours of the LSLBO, nature workshops, and lots of family activities.
Sunday: May 25th 19th Annual Bird Run/Walk (5K/10K): Come out for our fun run/walk along the beautiful trails at the Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation.
Check out our Songbird Festival page for more details and all the updates on the program. We would love for you see you here! Download our poster here! 2025 Songbird Festival poster
Spring Fieldtrip Programs
Are you a teacher looking for some special curriculum-linked fieldtrip programs for your students this spring? Check out some of our most popular spring programs!- Bird Banding 101 – hands on tour of the LSLBO for Grade 1-3
- Bird Observatory Fieldtrips – Grade 4-Post Secondary
- PreK/K – What is a bird?
- Kindergarten/Grade 1 – Boreal Forest Explorers Hike, Lost in the Woods
- Grade 2 – Ecosystem Engineers Hike
- BIO 30 population Monitoring
- Outdoor Survival – Grade 4 and up
Don’t see what you want here, check out our education page for more information…or just call us!
Download some of our education program brochures here!
Spring Fieldtrips at the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory
More Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation Spring Fieldtrips. Early Elementary and Older Elementary/Secondary
Education programs at the Boreal Centre are provided through a unique partnership between the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory, Lesser Slave Forest Education Society and Alberta Parks. Want to know more about what happens at the Boreal Centre, check out our 2023/24 BCBC Annual Report!
