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Brant        Images © Mark A. Chappell

These attractive little geese used to be called 'black brant' on the west coast (and were viewed as a separate species from the somewhat paler brants found on the east coast), but both are now considered as geographical races of a single species.   Western brants breed in the Arctic and winter in lagoons in California and Baja California; these birds were in Mission Bay in San Diego, CA and at the Salton Sea.

  • Canon 1D Mk. II, 1D3, 1D4, 0r 7D2; 500 mm IS lens plus 2X extender or 800 mm IS lens (2005, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2016)