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 253
23 Mallard 70
30 Rock Pigeon 42
6 Black-capped Chickadee 37
22 House Sparrow 29
36 White-winged Crossbill 28
5 Black-billed Magpie 23
21 House Finch 22
8 Bohemian Waxwing 20
14 Common Redpoll 12
7 Blue Jay 11
13 Common Raven 10
27 Pine Grosbeak 7
9 Boreal Chickadee 6
15 Dark-eyed Junco 6
16 Downy Woodpecker 6
20 Hoary Redpoll 6
17 Gray Partridge 5
29 Red-breasted Nuthatch 5
28 Pine Siskin 4
34 White-breasted Nuthatch 4
4 Black-backed Woodpecker 3
19 Hairy Woodpecker 3
24 Northern Flicker 3
26 Pileated Woodpecker 3
2 American Robin 2
18 Great Horned Owl 2
31 Ruffed Grouse 2
1 American Crow 1
3 Bald Eagle 1
10 Brown Creeper 1
11 California Gull 1
12 Common Goldeneye 1
25 Northern Shrike 1
33 Snowy Owl 1
35 White-throated Sparrow 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