August was passing uneventfully for the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory until August 8 when a Black Bear approached within 5 m of field staff while they were yelling at it. Thankfully we always carry a canister of bear spray – even better, we have not yet needed to use one. We did not care… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Black Bear
September 28 – October 3, 2023
On October 3, Fall Migration Monitoring at the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory ended after 84 days. We normally end on September 30, and this is the first time since 2008 that we pushed into October due to the unseasonably warm weather, which may have delayed movements of some short-distance migrants. It remains unclear if… Read more »
August 24 – 30, 2023
The Black Bears have finally begun to agree that there are no berries left at our station and have made themselves scarce, so we have started opening our ground-level nets. To compare capture rates between time periods with different effort put into netting, we keep careful track of when we open and close each net… Read more »
August 17 – 23, 2023
In another week of sharing our station with Black Bears we were forced yet again to frequently keep our twelve ground-level standard nets closed and rely on our two mid-canopy aerial nets. However, less frequent bear encounters let us open the ground nets a few times and we were able to band 632 birds this… Read more »
August 10 – 16, 2023
Following August 10’s rain that stilled bird activity, things were looking up for us as we were able to open our ground level nets for most of the next two days. The good luck was not to last as last week’s Black Bear made a reappearance to again close our ground level nets as a… Read more »
August 3 – 9, 2023
Our past week has seemed to drag on not necessarily because the birds were not moving, or because of a single Grizzly Bear sighting, but because one stubborn and difficult to spook Black Bear has made us keep most of our nets closed. While we have been opening our two nets that are raised up… Read more »
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We are one week into our Fall Owl Migration Monitoring program with a slow start of only 9 Northern Saw-whets banded so far. Read more about this program and these owls: www.lslbo.org/weekly-banding-reports/august-29-september-4-2024/
It is always sad when the seasonal staff start to depart at the end of the summer. But getting a surprise light saber battle against a horde of giant spiders is a pretty awesome sendoff on your last day at the Boreal Centre! Meet our LSLBO summer education team who delivered so many great programs this season in the latest Weekly Report.![]()
www.lslbo.org/weekly-banding.../august-22-28-2024/
The Drop-in Bird Observatory tours have been cancelled for this morning due to the rain. Say dry everyone!