the numbers,” he added.Fortunately, THE BAND
he was able to, an when he reported
them online was amazedto see how
old a bird he’d harvested,and how far
it hadcome.
While unusualin ge,Psoras’ brant
isactually quite typicalin terms of
travel.Atlantic brantbree i the
astern,hi hArctic, iththe bulk of
hepopulation nestingin the Foxe
asinon western BaffnIsland, near
to a
suc-
ula-
976,
then plunged backto less than 50,000
after severe cold thefollowing winter.
Numbers graduallyclimbe again, to
around 150,000 until massive die-off
of eelgrass occ rredalongmuch of the
ames aycoast —an importantstag-
i garea—in 1999. They beganto climb
a ain,around the time soras’bird
w sbanded in 2005, and havesince
remainedcloser to target evels.All
the while,over the last 13 seasons,that-
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