August 14 – 20, 2025

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Fall songbird migration is already winding down at the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory. Big waves of most of our warbler species have come and gone. Yet the true vanguards of fall, such as Snow Goose, American Pipit, or White-crowned Sparrow have yet to arrive. Oddly, there were three very late-season families at the station… Read more »

May 6 – 12, 2021

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After the rush of about 44,000 geese last period from April 29 to May 5, migration monitoring has become dominated by songbirds at the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory. Although the windy and rainy periods around the weekend put a damper on migration activity, since birds spent more time foraging rather than darting directly overhead,… Read more »