I was filling out my Christmas Bird Count Captain's Statistic Sheet -- finally -- and I had to question for a second my own numbers. Did I really see more than 1,000 Brant that day? I kept notes in a ...

Since late October, birders from across southeast Michigan have been flocking to a pier in Monroe County for one reason: to spot a bird rarely seen here. The brant is a small goose that migrates south ...

I heard the motorboat approaching and knew what was coming. I was watching a flock of Brant on Holly Pond in Stamford this week and knew the experience was coming to an end quickly. Sure enough the ...

In a long career as an outdoor journalist, one of the few things in the hook-‘n-bullet world I’ve never had the opportunity to try is brant hunting. Always wanted to, because the small, dark, sea ...

OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife on Tuesday announced continuing hunts in Clallam, Pacific and Whatcom counties and a two-day hunting season for brant geese in Skagit County.

FIR ISLAND — Maynard Axelson’s Fir Island aviary is a hub of feathered activity. Recently, the Washington Brant Foundation founder opened the aviary to research involving a species he has studied ...

The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced there will be no hunting season for brant geese in Skagit County. It’s the second consecutive year there will not be brant season in the county.

While the risk to humans is low, people are advised to take caution — especially in areas where birds congregate.