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
155 Snow Goose 4000
162 Surf Scoter 2500
93 Long-billed Dowitcher 440
75 gull sp. 426
13 Bald Eagle 401
148 scoter sp. 250
36 Canada Goose 85
42 Common Merganser 70
120 peep sp. 70
16 Barrow’s Goldeneye 50
22 Black-bellied Plover 50
55 Dunlin 50
140 Rock Pigeon 50
31 Bushtit 47
138 Ring-necked Duck 45
50 dabbling duck sp. 40
54 duck sp. 40
175 Western Sandpiper 40
126 Pine Siskin 39
33 Cackling Goose 35
45 Common Redpoll 34
113 Northwestern Crow 31
151 shorebird sp. 30
27 Brewer’s Blackbird 29
90 Lesser Scaup 27
94 Long-tailed Duck 27
57 Eurasian Wigeon 26
176 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 25
82 Hooded Merganser 22
157 Song Sparrow 22
52 Double-crested Cormorant 21
118 passerine sp. 21
135 Red-winged Blackbird 21
154 Snow Bunting 21
172 Western Grebe 21
100 merganser sp. 20
121 Pelagic Cormorant 20
19 Black Oystercatcher 17
59 European Starling 17
70 Greater Scaup 16
30 Bufflehead 15
87 Iceland Gull 15
23 Black-capped Chickadee 13
49 cormorant sp. 13
67 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 13
4 American Goldfinch 12
26 Brandt’s Cormorant 11
51 Dark-eyed Junco 11
72 Greater Yellowlegs 11
77 Harlequin Duck 11

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.