As we enter September, fall migratory movement has been very slow, the bulk of which has been Myrtle Warblers in foraging flocks and occasionally landing in our nets. Yet this past week a rare and exciting capture was made: the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory’s second ever Belted Kingfisher—and first ever female. The last Belted… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Fall Migration Monitoring
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 »
July 27 – August 2, 2023
On July 30, 2023, the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory concluded the second of our four core monitoring projects: Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS), which focuses on breeding birds. With Spring Migration Monitoring a distant memory, all that is left is to continue our Fall Migration Monitoring until October, and to wait for Northern… Read more »
July 20 – 26, 2023
By Danika Wack- Boreal Educator Fall migration has officially begun! By the time you read this article, the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory will be close to wrapping up our MAPS breeding bird program and our field staff will soon be able to focus solely on the birds that have already started heading south. While… Read more »
Migration Monitoring Volunteers
Are you interested in becoming a volunteer at the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory this summer? Check out our volunteer opportunities page for all the information on our volunteer program, what to expect during your time with us as well as our easy on-line application. Hope to see you this summer!
September 29 – October 5, 2022
In the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory’s final article of the year, we look back at our Fall Migration Monitoring season. Every day, rain or shine, between July 12 and September 30 we were able to document bird movements at our monitoring site approximately 15 km north of town. Over these 81 days, we recorded… Read more »
September 15 – 21, 2022
With many of our long-distance migrants already departed, this week was generally slow for the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory (LSLBO) with one exception: after days of rain and high winds, the nice weather on September 20 provided this year’s busiest day in the nets with 231 captures as birds foraged to make up for… Read more »
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May is Birdathon month, so help support the two teams raising funds for the bird conservation programs at the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory. These Birdathon teams will be trying to find as many bird species as they can in 24 hours to earn donations for the LSLBO, as well as earn the birding bragging rights for another year. Donations are tax deductible with 75% going directly to the LSLBO, and the other 25% supporting Birds Canada conservation programs across Canada.![]()
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If the weather is good, they will be heading out on Wednesday, May 20th. We promise to update you on how they make out. Good luck teams and thank you everyone for your support! ![]()
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You can find the donation links for both of these awesome teams below: ![]()
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Team Tanager - LSLBO field staff (Robyn, Bronwyn, Julia) and local member/team captain - Wayne Bowles. ![]()
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Team Birders in the Park - retired LSLBO banders Richard and Nicole Krikun![]()
www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/Birds_Canada/p2p/birdathon26/team/lesser-slave-lake-bird-observa...
Despite all this snow, the songbirds are already starting to arrive. So help us celebrate spring migration at our 29th Annual Songbird Festival taking place on May 23 & 24. For all the latest program information and updates, you can visit our Songbird Festival website. ![]()
www.lslbo.org/education/songbird-festival/