Sentences with phrase «brant geese»

The Black Brant Geese in particular depend on it as a winter food supply.

The focus of the research team, which includes UD graduate student Clark Nissley, was on the Atlantic brant goose, a bird whose population has been fluctuating and on a moderate decline for many years, to learn if limitations during the summer breeding season have accelerated that trend.

Not exact matches

The cackling goose population has exponentially increased and has inserted itself into the equation — something that was not there 30 years ago when brant populations were much more robust,» said Williams.

Because the brant is smaller than the other two birds that nest in the area — snow geese and cackling geese — it is at a disadvantage when competing for habitat and food.

«What we were seeing anecdotally last year was the cackling geese were nesting on islands with deep water around them but when the brant came in late, they couldn't choose those areas and so they were left nesting on islands that were not as well protected by deeper water.

Because of these delays, the brant arrive about 1 - 2 weeks after lesser snow geese and cackling geese causing them to miss out on prime nesting real estate.

This time, the problem is with a species of bird that is staying put in the winter months instead of migrating south.A new report from the U.S. Geological Survey published in Arctic reveals the Pacific brant, a small sea goose, is now wintering in sub-Arctic areas.