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
142 Surf Scoter 584
132 scoter sp. 500
127 Rock Pigeon 235
8 American Wigeon 218
93 Mew Gull 206
99 Northern Pintail 202
87 Mallard 187
30 Canada Goose 115
58 Glaucous-winged Gull 114
153 White-winged Scoter 101
48 Dunlin 100
150 Western Sandpiper 60
155 Wood Duck 58
68 Green-winged Teal 57
84 Long-billed Dowitcher 57
44 Dark-eyed Junco 56
13 Barrow’s Goldeneye 52
36 Common Loon 51
64 Greater Scaup 51
144 Trumpeter Swan 49
27 Bushtit 44
1 American Coot 34
82 Lesser Scaup 32
26 Bufflehead 31
124 Ring-billed Gull 31
138 Song Sparrow 30
19 Black-capped Chickadee 29
125 Ring-necked Duck 29
76 House Finch 28
59 Golden-crowned Kinglet 26
55 finch sp. 22
119 Red-necked Grebe 22
28 Cackling Goose 21
74 Hooded Merganser 19
69 gull sp. 18
51 Eurasian Wigeon 17
102 Northwestern Crow 17
57 Gadwall 16
50 Eurasian Collared-Dove 15
101 Northern Shoveler 14
45 Double-crested Cormorant 13
75 Horned Grebe 13
77 House Sparrow 13
152 White-crowned Sparrow 13
140 Spotted Towhee 12
33 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 11
6 American Robin 10
10 Anna’s Hummingbird 10
86 loon sp. 10
107 passerine sp. 10

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.

## [1] "No NDVI Map this week"

Weather Time Series

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

Weekly Poultry Slaughter

These data represent recent counts of poultry slaughtered in Canada, obtained from AAFC

Here we see the historical trend up to this week since 1997;

Here we see the reorting period only over the last 20 years