On June 10, the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory wrapped up Spring Migration Monitoring after 56 consecutive days of counting birds. Spring began promising on April 16 with counts of over 5,000 Slate-coloured Juncos despite the warm temperatures and little snowfall over the winter. Juncos normally move through before we can start monitoring when early… Read more »
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Thank you from the bottom of our hearts everyone who has donated to our Birdathon fundraiser. Your wave of support yesterday was exactly what we needed to find a fantastic 99 species over 10 hours despite the miserable weather and inactive birds! Our highlight of the year was an Upland Sandpiper - a species which far prefers Alberta's Grasslands. The full species list is here: www.lslbo.org/weekly-banding-reports/birdathon-2026/![]()
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There is still time to donate to bring us over $1,000 raised if you haven't yet: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/Birds_Canada/p2p/birdathon26/team/lesser-slave-lake-bird-observa...