I posted an article from the Wasington Fish and Wildlife regarding Brant
etc. Here it is again. Read the attachment.



Blake Iverson





>From: Linda Barnes/Ed Swan <swanbarn at concentric.net>
>Reply-To: swanbarn at concentric.net
>To: "'tweeters at u.washington.edu'" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Subject: Decrease in Brant population
>Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 16:41:57 -0800
>
> >From reading some of the old accounts it sounds like Brant were much more
>abundant a century ago than they are today in the Puget Sound region. I
>read
>somewhere that possibly their wintering grounds had shifted. Does anyone
>know
>if this is the case or is their another or multiple causes to their
>decline?
> Certainly around Vashon, birders feel there has been a decline in the
>last
>decade.
>
>Ed Swan
>Vashon Island
>swanbarn at concentric.net


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