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 »
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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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The 2024 LSLBO ANNUAL REPORT is ready with all the highlights from last season including: ![]()
- Over 136,000 birds recorded during migration monitoring![]()
- 3896 birds banded in 2024 from 76 species![]()
- 2 new species added to our station checklist: #242 Willet and #243 Western Kingbird ![]()
- New species diversity record set during fall migration with 69 species banded![]()
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For a complete wrap-up of the 2024 season, check out the 2024 LSLBO Annual Report on our website. ![]()
www.lslbo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Annual-Report-2024.pdf![]()
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And of course we want to especially recognize and thank all of our funders, in-kind supporters, members, volunteers, staff, and program partners for all of your support for our programs including: ![]()
Alberta Conservation Association, Vanderwell, TC Energy, Forest Improvement Association of Alberta, West Fraser Timber, Tolko Industries, Canada Summer Jobs Program, Environment and Climate Change, Northwestern Alberta Foundation, Atco, Millar Western, Town of Slave Lake FCSS, MD of Lesser Slave River, Lesser Slave Watershed Council, Lesser Slave Forest Education Society, and Alberta Parks
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Reminder to our members! ![]()
LESSER SLAVE LAKE BIRD OBSERVATORY SOCIETY![]()
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING![]()
4:00 pm. January 28, 2025![]()
Location: Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation.![]()
Members of the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory Society have been invited to attend our upcoming Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, January 28th, 2025 at the Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation. Members will also be able to attend the AGM virtually via ZOOM if they have pre-registered for the meeting. ![]()
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PLEASE RSVP to Patti Campsall, LSLBO Executive Director via email at executive.director@borealbirdcentre.ca or you can also phone 780-849-8240. ![]()
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Interested in becoming more involved in the LSLBO or joining our Board of Directors? Please contact Patti Campsall to find out all the ways you can help support our programs!