The Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory (LSLBO) is in the thick of Fall Migration Monitoring with our summer residents quickly vanishing. However, since we have officially passed any chance to complete our MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) operations, let’s do a preliminary roll-up of our MAPS results. MAPS is a continent-wide program monitoring songbird… Read more »
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July 17 – 23, 2025
For many locals we are in the thick of summer, but for us at the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory and our songbirds, it is already fall as most of our local birds have finished breeding and southward migration is well underway. Overhead we are seeing a steady trickle of warblers, sparrows, and blackbirds with… Read more »
July 25 – 31, 2024
After being delayed by high winds and rain late last week which brought a few small trees down over our nets and trails, the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory finally completed our breeding-focused Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program on May 28, 2024. In general, MAPS went smoothly with a few delays caused by… 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 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 »
June 4 – 10, 2020
By Patti Campsall – Executive Director June 10th marked the last day of Spring Migration Monitoring at the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory. By this time, most of the migratory songbirds are usually done their migration and are busy establishing breeding territories. However, the slow spring migration trend continued as we were still observing active… Read more »
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Are you needing to brush up on your winter bird ID skills for the Slave Lake Christmas Bird Count or just want to know more about the birds visiting your feeder right now? Then join the LSLBO for our INTRODUCTION TO WINTER BIRD ID presentation at the Rotary Club of Slave Lake Public Library on Tuesday night, Dec 9th. ![]()
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Space is limited, so sign up is required. Call 780-849-8240 or email info@lslbo.org to register!