20260929 11104500 1.0 TRUE Waterbird Survey Stations birds oceans environment Lower Mainland Winter Waterbird Surveys, British Columbia, Canada (2025 to present) <div style='text-align:Left;font-size:12pt'><p style='font-size:16ptmargin:0 0 11 0;'><span><span>The Lower Mainland Winter Waterbird Surveys is a co-operative effort between Environment and Climate Change Canada, and the British Columbia Institute of Technology’s Wildlife and Recreation Program. The intent of the survey is to collect data to estimate the presence, abundance, and distribution of waterbirds along the foreshore of key wintering sites for waterbirds throughout the Lower Mainland. The sites currently surveyed include Stanley Park, Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal and Sturgeon Banks. A minimum of 5 minutes to a maximum of 15 minutes were spent at each station. All waterbirds flying opposite to the team’s direction of travel (flyovers) were counted within the first 3 minutes at each station to prioritize counts of waterbirds on water. This dataset is a continuation compilation of species-level occurrence, abundance and distribution data of marine birds collected systematically since 1995 on roughly a weekly basis between September and April each year along the Stanley Park seawall. This long-term dataset of marine birds has a high value for analyzing spatiotemporal trends in marine bird species.</span></span></p></div> British Columbia Institute of Technology; Environment and Climate Change Canada <div style='text-align:Left;font-size:12pt'><p style='font-size:16ptmargin:0 0 11 0;'><span><span>Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada) / Licence du gouvernement ouvert - Canada (http://ouvert.canada.ca/fr/licence-du-gouvernement-ouvert-canada</span></span><span><span>​</span></span><span><span>)</span></span></p></div> iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAASwAAADICAYAAABS39xVAAAAAXNSR0IB2cksfwAAAAlwSFlzAAAO xAAADsQBlSsOGwAACuZJREFUeJzt3X9s1PUdx/FXr9drr+31511/A/1FW34WSsEq0ECDMFCjcT/c 3MbiZpZtf0wzt4TMxWxxm1mWqPsRzXC4xGXGuSzOuTiwKiryq62lEyz0B9TSH9CW0t/0roW7xf5B spgILXdl7+T5SPpX/2len+aZXPK579cZCoVCAgADnDf7DwCA60WwAJhBsACYQbAAmEGwAJhBsACY QbAAmEGwAJhBsACYQbAAmEGwAJhBsACYQbAAmEGwAJhBsACYQbAAmEGwAJhBsACYQbAAmEGwAJhB sACYQbAAmEGwAJhBsACYQbAAmEGwAJhBsACYQbAAmEGwAJhBsACYQbAAmEGwAJhBsACYQbAAmEGw AJhBsACYQbAAmEGwAJhBsACYQbAAmEGwAJhBsACYQbAAmEGwAJhBsACYQbAAmEGwAJhBsACYQbAA mEGwAJhBsACYQbAAmEGwAJhBsACYQbAAmEGwAJhBsACYQbAAmEGwAJhBsACYQbAAmEGwAJhBsACY QbAAmEGwcFNMT09raGhIExMTSk5OVlpaGieBayJYmDd+v1/95/o1FZjWwGC/2k+0a/j8iPLLFmnd pnXKzMzkNPCZCBbmzfHjx7X758+pt+Wc2vrbtDqpQluzt2v/vgNqOPGBfvb4TzkNfCaChXkRCoX0 5C+e1H2BnVq1dI2O+A7q9FibstzZKokp0+/feEp6nMPAZyNYmDeB7mll+LKU7ExWjjtXF6cuaGhq SMGYoKK8QU4C10SwEHGXL19WR0eHRqdH9Yf236kwvlidEx+r0/+xPIkeLfYWa+eDOzkJXBPBQsSN j41r9+926+7Ue5WRkqUzo+1KWOzWttu2aPny5UpJS9GyVcs4CVwTwULETfmnVLe3XgtSCzUQ6lfr WIsSy+K1dsNabd68mRPAdSNYiLgoR5Q8KUn6aPSEcly5SnOla3xwRIN9g6yPWSFYiDiny6lFlQs0 fSCkTZk1ynHn6aX+P2uga4D1MSsECxG/zvDJrXZXtEsOh3TsYqOmUqYUdAQV43SxPmaFYCHit9tP t57W0X/W6QcFu3RquFm/bn5Cvsp0VS2tZH3MCsFCRI2MjKjx4DF9N+/7Wu/dqM0ZW2auN6y5o1y3 334762NWCBYiyuFwyBHr0Hv97+ri1KCKPSUa9Qwr2hM98ztgNggWIv6RsLurWx6nR+7oeL1w5nkV 3VGgxUuLWR6zRrAQUaMjo6o7UKfq2BoVJhZp3HubgrEBhRRiecwawULE9Pb26ug7dUof8smX5tO7 /e/I5YhRissjp5N/Pcwe/zWImK6OLjXt/VD35XxVGXGZahltUZ/7nO4pvUtZWVksj1kjWIiIQCCg vu4+9ZzqUXx+gqKiorQ6rUInyz5UaUWpvF4vy2PWCBYioru7W20ftcsf8Ovlsy8qPjpegVi/tlVv UU5ODqtjTggWIuKDI43qefucfrPmWcVFx2l3+zM6U9yq8vXl8vl8rI45IViIiNCYFDvili83Q5NX JlWWtES+ylQlJiayOOaMYCHs+vr61DVwVgeG31FX/VllxWepfuKIntjwy5k35ABzRbAQdvtr92uy IaBdJY9JwZDeG92vDTvWa3HZYsXGxrI45oxgIezOnj6r9tbTqsi+ZeYlE/kq0OW8Sbndbr6OgxtC sBBWDQ0NGu0YU6pS1TLarP39b2o6OaC7lu5QTEwMa+OGECyE1aG3DyuxN0Ubcmo0NHVRzVMnFJUf VEVFBcHCDSNYCJvx8XF1nuqUu98jp++Tr+Ckat2iKkXXBHkVPcKCYCFsjn1wTJP9k+oa7tGFSwNy xDiUXJKku5fdycoIC4KFsPnLn17UmolbVLNqm86Mt+t1/6uKWeFQVVUVKyMsCBbCpr+rT3XdR5Wh 7JnnX63MK1fCcq4xIHwIFsLi6aefVkGgWAtTClTbu1fHx5u0umaVHl73EAsjbAgWwqKxtklfTvi6 SrxlaktqUXZCprI2+viiM8KKYCEsLg4OqjXUoozoTI1PjyvBm6CikiK5XLzKC+FDsHDDz2zft2+f Mq5kaSoY0Os9/9JA4nmtKFumsrIy1kVYESzckMmJSb2852/anni3FsQs1JELhyRvSBklPp4qirAj WJizK1euaPDCoFo/aNWOwiiFYkLKTyyQJ9fNRVFEBMHCDb0R5+jBo0qXV2+d26d4Z4KmXdNanVmu vLw8lkXYESzMyfT0tNpa2vTSM3/VrmWPqcRTple7/67G9DotqMxVYWEhyyLsCBbmpLm5WX98Zo9G usb0WNcu/Wjpj+WL9WnNsjVcZUDEECzMWmdnpxprj2lBS4F+WPUTnZ88r2fbfqveYLce/Nq3tGjR IlZFRBAszClYTY3/UXogQ1KUSpPLFHD69Y2Hdmrz9k08BhkRQ7AwK/X19Tr6Wr08nclyRbv01Mlf aXnqSvlWpmtd9Vpl52QrOjqaVRERBAuzcrLxlC4d82tb4h2aip/ScHBYTakNuveBe7QwfyGxQkQR LMzKxPC4xobGFEy/opgop7KTsuXZGKf11euVlJTEmogogoVZvX7eP+1Xf6BPjRcbdCk0oTNx7frO 1m8rLi6OJRFxBAvXrbe3V5ODARXEFqkgsUiHRw6q19WjyspKRUVFsSQijmDhui+KHmtsUkJfolan LNPylJXKdGeprf8UC2LeECxcl46ODr3/7wNqPNyktOC7utW7QSXeUjlzHCyIeUOwcF2ef/Z5Lekq 1wPLv6eO8dN6rf8faoqu1yOPPsLHQcwbgoVr2rNnj1oOt6rlfLuCWUEtSsjXiqIVivlclFaWr2RB zBuChf/R3d2tkydPyul0zjyAr6urS22vndYX4++Xc2GMTo2e1KGL7yu3Mltf2XjfzOvngflCsHDV iRMnVLe3QaMfjskV49KbSW8pNtWl3OGFWptcJU+MRx2TZ+QsdejWL1TxRAbMO4KFq443HNfHtWd1 2+WN8gf9qu19Q1NFfuUPFqk4ulTuaLemUvxaW1OpzVs3KSEhgfUwrwgWrhoZGFXsaJwKM4p1arRZ i11l6hk4q9ruN+RJ8yg9xSvvilRVblyjxMRElsO8I1i4ypudrgHfoGov7NVHF46rPLVCNfFbNOnx ayR/SEtqSlRdXa2CggJWw01BsHBV9dZqXZq6pFdeeEUpIa8+v/BLckY5dTl0We2ZzVq7di2xwk1F sHBVRkaGdn5zpwrzi/Tcrj3qudStHHeuDg2+r9K8Ip5zhZuOYOFTlqws050Pb9ejTz0inY9W/pYF qtp6v7Kzs1kLNxXBwqekpKZo646tKq9YJU1L7uQ4ZWRmyOHgazi4uQgWPuWTJ4YmpyTP/AD/TwgW ADMIFgAzCBYAMwgWADMIFgAzCBYAMwgWADMIFgAzCBYAMwgWADMIFgAzCBYAMwgWADMIFgAzCBYA MwgWADMIFgAzCBYAMwgWADMIFgAzCBYAMwgWADMIFgAzCBYAMwgWADMIFgAzCBYAMwgWADMIFgAz CBYAMwgWADMIFgAzCBYAMwgWADMIFgAzCBYAMwgWADMIFgAzCBYAMwgWADMIFgAzCBYAMwgWADMI FgAzCBYAMwgWADMIFgAzCBYAMwgWADMIFgAzCBYAMwgWADMIFgAzCBYAMwgWADMIFgAzCBYAMwgW ADMIFgAzCBYAMwgWADMIFgAzCBYAMwgWADMIFgAzCBYAMwgWADMIFgAzCBYAMwgWADMIFgAzCBYA MwgWADMIFgBZ8V/1tbubsxZoRwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==