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
32 Snow Bunting 245
10 Common Redpoll 59
29 Rock Pigeon 56
19 House Sparrow 30
9 Common Raven 28
18 House Finch 28
4 Black-billed Magpie 23
5 Black-capped Chickadee 19
7 Bohemian Waxwing 16
33 White-breasted Nuthatch 7
6 Blue Jay 6
11 Dark-eyed Junco 6
15 Gray Partridge 6
24 Pileated Woodpecker 6
27 Red-breasted Nuthatch 6
8 Boreal Chickadee 5
12 Downy Woodpecker 5
13 Eurasian Collared-Dove 4
28 Ring-necked Pheasant 4
17 Hairy Woodpecker 3
25 Pine Grosbeak 3
1 American Crow 2
14 European Starling 2
21 Northern Flicker 2
34 White-throated Sparrow 2
2 American Robin 1
3 Black-backed Woodpecker 1
16 Great Horned Owl 1
20 Merlin 1
22 Northern Goshawk 1
23 Northern Shrike 1
26 Pine Siskin 1
30 Ruffed Grouse 1
31 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1

Soil Moisture Weekly Anomaly Map

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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.

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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