Not that I know of, does it say in the article? Possibly habitat
destruction, hunting.... I don't really know.



Blake Iverson
Arlingotn, WA
coopershwk at hotmail.com



>From: Linda Barnes/Ed Swan <swanbarn at concentric.net>
>To: "'coopershwk at hotmail.com'" <coopershwk at hotmail.com>
>Subject: RE: Decrease in Brant population
>Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 15:55:23 -0800
>
>Thanks for posting the articles. The numbers information on historical and
>current populations was interesting and the satellite map. The Vashon
>population doesn't seem to show up here until late December or more usually
>early January the last few years. Is there any speculation as to the
>causes of
>the declines or is it to early for anyone to have any reasonable
>hypotheses?
>
>Thanks, Ed Swan
>
>On Thursday, December 05, 2002 2:17 PM, Blake Iverson
>[SMTP:coopershwk at hotmail.com] wrote:
> > 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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