The start of September has seen a trickle of birds in our songbird migration nets, and a modest seventeen Northern Saw-whet Owls for our owl monitoring program. With the summer vacation season having ended and everyone returning to school and work, we look back fondly on the many tours we ran at the Lesser Slave… Read more »
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It was a winter wonderland for the 31st Annual Slave Lake Christmas Bird Count last Sunday but we managed to find some birds in all that snow including a new species for our count (Grey Partridge) and a lot of waxwings! Thank you to the 28 people who braved the snowy weather and watched their feeders to record 2602 birds from 20 different species. ![]()
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Preliminary results: ![]()
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SPECIES TOTAL![]()
bohemian waxwing 1289![]()
common raven 460![]()
evening grosbeak 206![]()
black-capped chickadee 155![]()
pine grosbeak 130![]()
house sparrow 98![]()
black-billed magpie 67![]()
blue jay 43![]()
white-winged crossbill 43![]()
red-breasted nuthatch 28![]()
downy woodpecker 19![]()
dark-eyed junco 18![]()
hairy woodpecker 13![]()
redpoll 10![]()
ruffed grouse 9![]()
white-breasted nuthatch 5![]()
common goldeneye 5![]()
bald eagle 2![]()
Canada jay 1![]()
Gray Partridge 1![]()
Total Birds 2602![]()
Total Species 20
A big thank you to all the participants in our 31st Annual Slave Lake Christmas Bird Count today. After our team breakfast, everyone has headed out to see how many birds we can find in the Slave Lake area. Wish us luck spotting them in all this snow!