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
44 Dunlin 5000
59 Green-winged Teal 3053
6 American Wigeon 2104
43 duck sp. 2000
30 Canada Goose 1308
124 Snow Goose 1000
60 gull sp. 205
77 Mallard 193
75 Long-billed Dowitcher 172
96 peep sp. 150
103 Pine Siskin 80
82 Mew Gull 74
51 Glaucous-winged Gull 70
50 Gadwall 65
48 European Starling 57
93 Northwestern Crow 53
90 Northern Pintail 51
18 Black-bellied Plover 50
13 Barrow’s Goldeneye 38
26 Bufflehead 33
28 Cackling Goose 30
40 Dark-eyed Junco 30
112 Ring-billed Gull 30
19 Black-capped Chickadee 24
113 Ring-necked Duck 24
41 Double-crested Cormorant 22
89 Northern Harrier 19
125 Song Sparrow 16
46 Eurasian Collared-Dove 15
10 Band-tailed Pigeon 13
35 Common Merganser 13
142 Wood Duck 13
24 Brewer’s Blackbird 12
66 House Finch 12
111 Red-winged Blackbird 12
38 Common Redpoll 11
91 Northern Shoveler 10
137 White-crowned Sparrow 10
64 Hooded Merganser 9
67 House Sparrow 9
114 Rock Pigeon 9
9 Bald Eagle 8
33 Common Goldeneye 8
79 Marbled Murrelet 8
118 Sandhill Crane 8
126 Spotted Towhee 8
129 Trumpeter Swan 8
72 Lesser Scaup 7
115 Rough-legged Hawk 7
127 Steller’s Jay 7

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