During one of my daughter’s soccer games last year, I noticed a nearby flock of brant geese. I learned from one of the parents at the game that John Roser has studied the geese for years. After ...

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 ...

SEDRO-WOOLLEY — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has announced a three-day hunting season for brant geese in Skagit County Jan. 20, 24, and 27. A brant count above 3,000 in Skagit ...

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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 ...

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.

The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced a three-day hunting season for brant geese in Skagit County. Hunting will be allowed Saturday, on Jan. 24 and on Jan. 27. A count of more than 3 ...