Last Friday I canoed out to Jetty Island at Everett and saw about ninety
Brant geese. Last year for our CBC there were about 300 at this site (a
week after the big ice storm). Also seen were BB Plover, Dunlin and a
Sharpie, otherwise pretty quiet.

Ed Schulz
email: eschulz at gte.net
Phone: (425) 259-6877
Everett, WA

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> From: Kelly Mcallister <mcallkrm at dfw.wa.gov>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: ...Brandt (sic) are back
> Date: Tuesday, December 16, 1997 10:53 PM
>
> On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Michael Kennedy wrote:
>
> > To add some bird content to this . . . I've been meaning to post for
three
> > weeks that the brandt returned to the Ft Flagler area the weekend
before
> > thanksgiving. Probably 200 scattered around on the various points
gobbling
> > up eel grass.
>
> I would like to hear about Brant sightings in southern Puget Sound if
> anybody happens upon some. My memory tells me not to expect any in
> this region (Pierce and Thurston Counties primarily) until around
> April but I would live to be surprised.
>
> Kelly McAllister