Brant
“On November 2, while exploring the windy headland of Trundy Point with family, we witnessed a remarkable movement of Brant Geese—six flocks totaling well over 300 birds flying low along the coastline.”
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On Feb 25 there were close to 30 Brants in Kettle Cove.
On Jan. 3 six Brant geese were visible off of Kettle Cove.
On December 6 Brant geese showed up in Kettle Cove.
On the same morning a flock of thirty-one Brant geese were foraging on the falling tide for eelgrass and aquatic vegetation in Kettle Cove.
On this same day within Kettle Cove a solitary Northern Mockingbird was guarding his Winterberry throne and as the sun was setting I spotted six Brants foraging on the falling tide for eelgrass and aquatic vegetation.
On March 24 I spotted a lone American Tree Sparrow on the town green and on March 26 I finally caught up with the reported Brant geese foraging the choppy rising tide for eelgrass and auqatic vegetation in Kettle Cove.
Of the thirteen species of geese found in North America, nine have been spotted in Maine, and only three (including the Snow, Canada and Brant) are regularly recurring.
On this same morning within Kettle Cove, I noted several Laughing Gulls, a plump of Brant sea geese, eleven Long-tailed Ducks and rafts of Black Scoters.
On the windy overcast day of May 20, I crept out onto the end of Dyer Point and found a single Brant, two Laughing Gulls and two Black-bellied Plovers hunkered down.
On November 2, while exploring the windy headland of Trundy Point with family, we witnessed a remarkable movement of Brant Geese—six flocks totaling well over 300 birds flying low along the coastline.