Snowy Owl Photography Workshop Itinerary
DAY 1: January 18 or February 23, 2026
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM Snowy Owl Photography Workshop Welcome and Overview, Saskatoon
Saskatchewan is reputed to be the best location in the world for wintering Snowy Owls. Within the province, the best region for Snowy Owls often changes from year to year. We will not know the best location until early winter. At least 2 weeks in advance of the workshop, we will email registered guests with the hotel information for where we plan to stay.
2:15 PM – 6:00 PM Snowy Owl Photography Session 1
We will drive from Saskatoon to a city or town near the best area for Snowy Owls this winter. We will stop to photograph any Snowy Owls we find on this drive.
You should have lunch before we depart and/or bring food with you for this tour.
6:00 PM – 6:30 PM Hotel Check-In
DAY 2: January 19 or February 24, 2026
7:30 AM – 6:30 PM Snowy Owl Photography Session 2
Following breakfast, your instructor will guide you to the heart of the current winter distribution of Snowy Owls in Saskatchewan. The photography guide will offer tips on camera settings to get the best shots. We hope to find and photograph more than 10 owls on this full-day driving session. We will remain in the field until it becomes too dark for good pictures. We will pick up food for lunch before leaving town in the morning.
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Snowy Owl Photography Indoor Editing Session 2
We can order food for supper at a restaurant while we download and discuss processing and editing of our images.
DAY 3: January 20 or February 25, 2026
7:30 AM – 5:00 PM Snowy Owl Photography Session 3
We will check out of the hotel after breakfast and spend most of the day photographing Snowy Owls. We may revisit the best spots from yesterday or check out other spots where Snowy Owls have been recently reported to us.
5:00 PM Snowy Owl Photography Workshop Ends
Participants will return to their hotel in Saskatoon in the evening in preparation for departure home tomorrow.
Alternatively, you may plan to continue north tomorrow on our Great Gray Owl and Northern Hawk Owl Photography Workshop if you have pre-registered for it.
Questions: please email questions to birdtours@sasktel.net and include your phone number and times when you may be contacted.
Post Workshop Event (Additional Registration Fee)
Participants should plan to arrive in Saskatoon on the previous day and stay overnight at a Saskatoon Hotel or join the Snowy Owl Workshop that precedes this workshop.
DAY 1: January 21 or February 26, 2025
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Participants will drive north of Saskatoon to the best known winter owl habitat.
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
We will continue driving through boreal forest habitat and nearby farmland where Great Gray Owls and/or Northern Hawk Owls have been reported this winter.
Hotel accommodation information will be sent to registered participants.
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM Supper and Indoor Photography Editing Session
We will check into our hotel and order supper at a restaurant where we may opt to edit our recently obtained images
DAY 2: January 22 or February 27, 2026
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
We will have breakfast, check out of the hotel and then search for more owls to photograph during the day.
We plan to drive back to Saskatoon in the late afternoon where the workshop ends.
Questions: please email questions to birdtours@sasktel.net and include your phone number and times when you may be contacted.
