Tweets,
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong here. I believe that the Dungeness NWR
was formed to provide santuary for the Brant populations. The numbers
around the spit area are among the largest in the state, or so I've read.

Some areas are CAGO deserts despite having so many in the Greater Seattle
area. For the Port Gamble CBC in North Kitsap CAGO avg is 31 while Brant
avg is 51.7. Not that I'm suggesting the Sequim area are CAGO deserts,
I've certainly seen enough of them there, but on an average visit I
probably see more Brant than CAGO's. Could anybody provide averages,
perhaps CBC info for Sequim to either confirm or deny this?
Thanks,

Scott Downes
sdownes at u.washington.edu
Seattle WA

"Birds don't read bird books. (That's why they are seen doing things they
are not supposed to do)." -Mary Wood


On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Rick Romea wrote:

> >Judy Wrote:
> >On Tuesday my husband and I were birding near Sequim. We walked along the
> >beach located by the boat launch at the end of Port Williams Rd near Sequim
> >Bay and saw about 150 to 200 Brant Geese. This is the first time I have
> >seen them and it was a real thrill. I had been wanting to see a few Brant
> >Geese but did not expect this many.
>
> I had a similar experience...
> Several weeks ago, Gene Revelas and I led a Seattle Audubon field trip to
> the Sequim-Dungeness area, and I was very surprised to see (for the day)
> more Brant than Canada Geese. Of course I was not deliberately chasing
> after flocks of Canada Geese :-)
>
> Rick Romea