This morning outside the Refuge Visitor Center Mark Miller and I witnessed a huge flyover of waterfowl. At first we were perplexed. They were backlit but obviously waterfowl- MANY of them! But they seemed to big for ducks and too small for geese...and we heard no honking. Mark got a few shots with his camera and the bills were on the short side. Our best guess is brant...and, if correct, I've never seen so many of them!
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