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Map made with Google Maps # Introduction Record your bird finds!

Birding locations on the map For a complete check list of all the birds found in Provincial Park, check out the LSLBO.org website or stop in at the Boreal (see the back of booklet) Centre for Bird Conservation. Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Easy Park is a bird watcher’s paradise. Situated along a These birds are very major migration route, the common in the area. park includes a diverse range Their pictures will be to of habitats including boreal forest, wetlands and foothills. the right. All of these healthy habitats are used by over 255 species of birds! Challenging For the enjoyment of birders Although less of all skill levels, we have common, with some created this “birding passport” to help you enjoy effort, you should be some of our favourite birding able to find these birds! hotspots on your visit. We recommend that you use this passport with your other Difficult guides, such as The When and Where Checklist and These species have Birds, available in the Boreal been observed, but may Centre for Bird Conservation be hard to find. gift shop. Who to see Bird illustrations from Audubon Marten Boreal Centre for 8 1 Campground Bird Conservation

If you are camping at Marten River Campground, you don’t have to Located in the centre of Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park, the Boreal •Yellow Warbler travel far for great bird watching! Centre is surrounded by boreal During spring and fall migration, •Eastern mixedwood forest. Enjoy the •American the campground is teeming with beautiful songs on the Songbird beautiful songbirds as they travel Trail, or head out on the Trans- Phoebe Canada trail for your birding Redstart on their way through Lesser Slave adventure. And of course, the Lake Provincial Park. knowledgeable staff can answer •White-throated many of your birding questions. •Ovenbird Sparrow •Swainson’s •Warbling Thrush Vireo •Yellowlegs Yellow-bellied (Lesser & Yellow Warbler • Greater) Sapsucker •Chestnut-sided •Winter Wren Eastern Phoebe Warbler •Brown •Connecticut Creeper Warbler American •Western Redstart Tanager Bird illustrations from Audubon White-throated Sparrow Ponds near 2 Lesser Slave the Boreal Centre 7 River & the Weir

Just south of highway 88 turnoff A great place to fish, the Lesser to the Boreal Centre for Bird and the weir are also Common Conservation, watch for a large •Forster’s Tern great places to bird watch! • series of ponds created by a very Looking for swallows? This is Goldeneye industrious beaver. A great site the spot! for spotting some of our elusive boreal wetland birds! •Barn Swallow •Bufflehead •Swamp •Cliff Swallow

Sparrow Forster’s Tern •Common •Common Tern Yellowthroat Common Goldeneye •Common •Pied-billed Merganser Grebe •Tree Swallow •Olive-sided Flycatcher •Osprey Barn Swallow •Sora Bufflehead

Bird illustrations from Audubon Bird illustrations from Audubon Duck’s Unlimited Lesser Slave Lake 6 3 Pond (Devonshire Beach) Bird Observatory

Stop by the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Head south on the trail from the Observatory to learn more about Devonshire Beach Parking lot and their bird conservation programs, you will arrive at the Duck’s Unlim- •Myrtle (Yellow and enjoy the amazing opportunity •Scaup (Lesser & ited pond boardwalk. From there, -rumped) to see these tiny migratory birds up you can head south to check out the close. Then head off on the trails Greater) old oxbow in your search for Warbler around the banding lab for some waterfowl, or hike north along the great birding. Stumped by that Whispering Sands Trail. There is •Red-winged bird call? Just ask our banders for great birdwatching during migration •Bald Eagle some advise! Blackbird in the burnt over areas along the dunes. •Canada •Canvasback Warbler •Common Snipe •Black-and- Lesser Scaup white Warbler Myrtle Warbler •Northern Flicker •Song Sparrow Greater Scaup •Lincoln’s •American Sparrow Bittern •Sharp-shinned •LeConte’s Red-winged Hawk Sparrow Blackbird •Sora Bald Eagle Marten Mountain 4 5 Hike from Marten Lookout & Trails Mountain to Lily Lake

Take the trip up Marten Mountain Looking for an adventure? Head for the breathtaking view, and down this scenic trail to Lily Lake. explore the special “Foothills” Approximately 3 km one way, you •Red-breasted forest along the “Walk Through •Blue-headed will travel through lush old forest Nuthatch Time” trail. This lush old forest is Vireo before arriving at the shores of Lily home to many rare plant species as Lake. This hike is a true highlight well as some very unique birds in for local residents and visitors alike. •Magnolia the park. •Black-throated Warbler Green Warbler •Solitary •Ruffed Grouse Sandpiper •Golden Kinglet •Bay-breasted Red-breasted Warbler •Slate-coloured Nuthatch Blue-headed Vireo (Dark-eyed) •Northern Junco Waterthrush •Black-backed •Varied Thrush Woodpecker Magnolia •Palm Warbler Warbler Black-throated •Gray Jay Green Warbler Bird illustrations from Audubon