This report outlinings key environmental indicators in our Alberta and BC Study Regions. This is for the week ending

Environmental Summary

Ebird observations in the reporting period

Common Name Number Observed
53 Dunlin 10001
102 Northern Pintail 6003
52 duck sp. 400
91 Long-billed Dowitcher 333
98 Mew Gull 208
128 Ring-necked Duck 144
25 Brant 110
143 Snow Goose 104
112 peep sp. 100
130 Rock Pigeon 86
141 Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 75
70 Greater Yellowlegs 68
157 Western Sandpiper 60
19 Black-bellied Plover 50
48 dabbling duck sp. 50
104 Northern Shoveler 46
117 Pine Siskin 42
29 Bushtit 37
50 Double-crested Cormorant 34
28 Bufflehead 33
24 Brandt’s Cormorant 30
6 American Robin 27
23 Bonaparte’s Gull 26
152 Trumpeter Swan 26
150 Surfbird 24
14 Barrow’s Goldeneye 23
87 Lesser Scaup 22
69 Greater White-fronted Goose 21
165 Wood Duck 20
149 Surf Scoter 19
144 Song Sparrow 18
49 Dark-eyed Junco 17
162 White-winged Scoter 16
68 Greater Scaup 15
73 gull sp. 14
158 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 13
42 Common Merganser 12
119 Red-breasted Merganser 12
34 Canvasback 11
63 Golden-crowned Kinglet 11
66 Great Blue Heron 11
71 Greater/Lesser Scaup 11
79 Horned Grebe 11
115 Pied-billed Grebe 11
41 Common Loon 10
60 Fox Sparrow 10
35 Cedar Waxwing 9
132 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 9
147 Spotted Towhee 9
27 Brown Creeper 8

Soil Moisture Weekly Anomaly Map

Soil Moisture Anomaly Cumulative Anomaly Map

NDVI Map

These are NDVI anomalies for this week. The AAFC NDVI Anomaly Maps comparee a given week’s NDVI value to a baseline value, which allows any outlier values to be visually compared to average values. High positive indicates greener than average vegetation conditions.

Weather Time Series

Observed weather data over the reporting period from a sample of weather stations in the region.