In the spring, the water comes back to southern Saskatchewan. And so do the birds. Expert birder Lori Wilson takes us on a road trip to the prairie pothole region and to the saline lakes of the Old Wives Watershed. In grassy ponds and salty mudflats, we meet long-legged plovers, sandpipers, dowichers, and many more migrating and resident shorebirds.

Thank you to our trip leader Jared Clarke and to fellow birders Dale, Gary, Hiro, Ingrid and Paule.

Waders: Prairie Water Stories is produced by Dominique Ferraton. Assistant producer is Magdalena Nichol. Original music for this episode is by Be-Sides Family Publishing House. Thank you to SK Arts for financial support. For resources and references, visit waderspodcast.ca

"In a dry landscape water is just so incredibly precious."

COMING SOON: A six-part audio series on the caretakers, the beauty, and the wounds of prairie-born water in Southwestern Saskatchewan.