My opinion is all the Brant are down problem is there aren't many left. I have never seen so few Brant as this year. I am surprised they have not taken it off the list of shootable birds I don't think they know how badly their numbers were reduced by the storm last year.
I passed by a ballfield and saw a lot of black and white, as I got closer I see 100 geese and 4 brant...every morning I drive along RT 30 Absecon Bay and also used to see Brant groups of 20-50 here and there. This year I'm lucky if I spot one. I have to agree w/ duk_hunter155, I don't think they really do know how bad they were hurt last year and this spring. :sad:
The brant are definitely hurting, but Dutch has been telling me that they also may well be shifting their winter concentrations farther north - Long Island. So, it might not be quite as bad as it looks for the population. Apparently they don't do as extensive a winter survey on LI as they do down here. Unfortunately, this could be a long term trend, too, and Jersey could loose its place as the central concentration area.
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