Job Type: Volunteer position Approximate dates: Spring period May 1 to June 10; Fall period July 12 to August 30Time Commitment: At least two consecutive days and up to one month Job Description: The Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory (LSLBO) is a non-profit, non-governmental research station located in the Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park, approximately 20… Read more »
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Information Officer
Job Type: Full-time Summer Position Term: May 1st to Aug 31st, 2023 Wage: Approx. $19 – 21 per hour depending on experience and qualifications. Job Description: Do you love working with people? We are seeking a friendly, outgoing individual to help us with visitor information services at the Boreal Centre for Bird… Read more »
Summer Interpreter
Job Type: Full-time Summer PositionTerm: May 1st to August 31st, 2023Wage: $20-22 per hour depending on experience Job Description:The Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory and our education partner, the Lesser Slave Forest Education Society are looking for a creative individual to deliver fun, interactive and hands-on environmental education programming about birds and boreal forest ecology… Read more »
Migration Field Assistant
OPEN UNTIL FILLED – applications will be reviewed as they are received. Job Type: Full Time Summer Position. Term: Tentatively May 1 to August 30, 2023. Wage: Approximately $3500 per month based on experience and qualifications. Job Description The Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory (LSLBO) is located in the Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park, approximately… Read more »
June 30 – July 6, 2022
The Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory field staff were busy this week with the MAPS program that monitors the breeding status of the diverse bird species that nest in Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park as well as completing vegetation surveys to monitor habitat changes in our study areas. This week, the banders are starting to… Read more »
July 19 – Aug 4, 2021
By Robyn Perkins, LSLBO Bander-in-Charge On August 1 the LSLBO’s 2021 Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program finished. MAPS is an international banding initiative in which sites of 10 mist-nets are visited once every 10 days over the breeding season. We operate four of these sites. When we band birds, we estimate their age… Read more »
July 16 – 22, 2021
Believe it or not, fall migration monitoring for the LSLBO is underway! Already we have banded 599 birds from 35 species. Although overhead migration has been relatively slow, Tree Swallows, Myrtle Warblers and Yellow Warblers are already on the move. This week also saw the second to last period of the MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship)… Read more »
June 30 – July 7, 2021
The Unique Behaviours of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Have you ever noticed rows of shallow holes in the bark of a tree in your neighbourhood? If so, there’s a good chance they were created by a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker! As their name suggests, these woodpeckers largely rely on sap as their main food source. Just like humans… Read more »
June 17 – 24, 2021
Breeding birds and brood patches at the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory Breeding season is well underway and this week our researchers are observing many signs that birds are right in the middle of their nesting season. While conducting breeding bird surveys in the field as part of a research project for Vanderwell Contractors Ltd.,… Read more »
June 10 – 17, 2021
School programs wrapping up for the season June is a month of transition at the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory for both the birds and our staff. Spring migration has tapered off as the last of our migrant birds have arrived in the boreal forest, settled into their territories, and found mates for the summer…. Read more »
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SPECIAL MEETING![]()
Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2023![]()
Time: 4 pm![]()
Place: Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation or ZOOM![]()
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A Special Meeting of the members has been called to approve new Bylaws for the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory Society. ![]()
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Please RSVP for the Special Meeting by emailing info@lslbo.org or phoning 780-849-8240. A copy of the proposed bylaws as well as the ZOOM link for the meeting will be provided with your RSVP.
Last summer, the LSLBO completed our 29th year of avian population monitoring at Lesser Slave Lake. It is always incredible how much our team at the station accomplishes each year, so check out all the highlights in our 2022 ANNUAL REPORT. ![]()
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Thank you to Robyn Perkins, Bronwyn Robinson, and Nola Sheets for all their hard work last season. And of course, thank you to all of our amazing supporters who help make all of this possible: Alberta Conservation Association, West Fraser, Vanderwell, Tolko Industries Ltd., Alberta Parks, Environment and Climate Change, TC Energy, Canada Summer Jobs, and all of our LSLBO members, staff and volunteers.
Have you ever wondered what our LSLBO Bander in Charge does in the winter season? There is always a lot of program planning and paperwork, but sometimes Robyn gets to do some pretty cool things like helping to collect data for an owl research project. Awesome field day!