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Get your binoculars out spring is a wonderful time for birdwatching.
Every spring, thousands of tiny songbirds make the return journey from South America to the boreal forest near Lesser Slave Lake, Alta.
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For birdwatchers and bird researchers, few things are more exciting than migration season. Several years ago, at the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory, I watched researchers doing visible migration counts, capturing, banding and releasing birds. It was fascinating. Later, my husband and I took a walk through the boreal forest on the Songbird Trail. We were surrounded by such a phenomenal chorus of birdsong that we stopped partway, closed our eyes and just listened.