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
10 Canada Goose 2140
19 Gray Partridge 45
8 Bohemian Waxwing 43
22 House Finch 37
29 passerine sp. 30
23 House Sparrow 25
6 Black-capped Chickadee 21
15 Dark-eyed Junco 10
5 Black-billed Magpie 9
16 Downy Woodpecker 9
45 White-winged Crossbill 9
43 White-breasted Nuthatch 8
2 American Robin 7
3 Bald Eagle 7
12 Common Raven 7
26 Northern Flicker 7
32 Pine Siskin 7
7 Blue Jay 6
13 Common Redpoll 6
9 Boreal Chickadee 5
21 Hairy Woodpecker 4
30 Pileated Woodpecker 4
34 Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
36 Rock Pigeon 4
18 Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
25 Merlin 3
4 Black-backed Woodpecker 2
11 Common Goldeneye 2
17 European Starling 2
24 Mallard 2
28 Northern Shrike 2
31 Pine Grosbeak 2
38 Rusty Blackbird 2
39 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
41 Snowy Owl 2
1 American Crow 1
14 Cooper’s Hawk 1
20 Great Horned Owl 1
27 Northern Goshawk 1
33 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
35 Redhead 1
37 Ruffed Grouse 1
40 Sharp-tailed Grouse 1
42 Townsend’s Solitaire 1
44 White-throated Sparrow 1
46 woodpecker sp. 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.

## [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