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
8 Bohemian Waxwing 45
30 House Sparrow 43
47 Snow Bunting 41
6 Black-capped Chickadee 38
15 Common Redpoll 33
11 Canada Goose 25
29 House Finch 25
38 Pine Grosbeak 21
43 Rock Pigeon 19
50 White-winged Crossbill 14
9 Boreal Chickadee 13
20 European Starling 12
18 Downy Woodpecker 10
7 Blue Jay 8
17 Dark-eyed Junco 7
1 American Crow 6
5 Black-billed Magpie 6
14 Common Raven 6
40 Red Crossbill 6
2 American Robin 5
23 Gray Partridge 5
37 Pileated Woodpecker 5
41 Red-breasted Nuthatch 5
49 White-breasted Nuthatch 5
4 Black-backed Woodpecker 4
13 Common Goldeneye 4
28 Hoary Redpoll 4
3 Bald Eagle 3
19 Eurasian Collared-Dove 3
25 Great Horned Owl 3
26 Hairy Woodpecker 3
33 Northern Flicker 3
34 Northern Goshawk 3
22 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
32 Merlin 2
45 Ruffed Grouse 2
10 Brown Creeper 1
12 Cedar Waxwing 1
16 Cooper’s Hawk 1
21 Evening Grosbeak 1
24 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 1
27 hawk sp. 1
31 Mallard 1
35 Northern Harrier 1
36 Northern Shrike 1
39 Pine Siskin 1
42 Ring-billed Gull 1
44 Rough-legged Hawk 1
46 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
48 Snowy Owl 1

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.