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
39 Dunlin 5000
79 Northwestern Crow 476
114 Surf Scoter 300
111 sparrow sp. 203
42 European Starling 186
25 Cackling Goose 144
26 Canada Goose 109
98 Ring-necked Duck 67
121 Western Grebe 56
87 Pine Siskin 55
100 Rock Pigeon 52
128 Wood Duck 47
97 Ring-billed Gull 43
53 Green-winged Teal 41
67 Mallard 41
1 American Coot 38
123 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 35
125 White-crowned Sparrow 34
46 Glaucous-winged Gull 32
118 Trumpeter Swan 32
21 Brandt’s Cormorant 30
126 White-winged Scoter 30
38 duck sp. 28
30 Common Merganser 27
24 Bushtit 26
45 Gadwall 26
35 Dark-eyed Junco 25
43 finch sp. 25
54 gull sp. 24
60 House Finch 24
109 Song Sparrow 18
18 Black-capped Chickadee 17
40 Eurasian Collared-Dove 16
58 Hooded Merganser 16
9 Band-tailed Pigeon 15
52 Greater Yellowlegs 14
23 Bufflehead 13
36 Double-crested Cormorant 12
63 Lesser Scaup 12
48 Golden-crowned Sparrow 11
4 American Robin 9
47 Golden-crowned Kinglet 9
112 Spotted Towhee 9
77 Northern Shoveler 8
104 Sandhill Crane 8
2 American Goldfinch 7
8 Bald Eagle 7
49 Great Blue Heron 7
61 House Sparrow 7
32 Common Redpoll 6

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