While it's not in full swing yet, the annual fall bird migration is starting to gather steam.

High River Biologist Greg Wagner says plenty of birds are starting to gather together as they get ready to make the trip South.

He says it usually starts with the smaller birds, which he says are starting to gather in numbers at Frank Lake, East of High River.

"Thinks like Yellow Legs, Pectoral Sandpipers, Stilt Sandpipers, the one's they call "Peeps," the little tiny sandpipers. So, there's about 20 species of those going through right now that are really interesting to see."

He says as always, Frank Lake is the best spot to see just about every species of bird making it's way through the region.

"It just attracts so many birds there. There's lots of ducks and things like that right now. And even things like Pelicans and Cormorants are very common at the lake right now. So it you want to see those, that's a good place to go have a look at them."

He says what really interesting is you'll start to see birds that have spent their summer in Northern Alberta and the Arctic starting to move through the area in the next few weeks.