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Mid-Winter Brant Numbers in British Columbia

Year

Fraser River Delta

Haida Gwaii

1990

179

412

1991

26

247

1992

192

25

1993

382

253

1994

363

348

1995

634

426

1996

550

204

1997

619

529

1998

985

55

1999

1238

464

2000

1254

7

2001

1483

200

2002

1103

24

2003

2117

553

2004

1020

80

Note: the data are from Breault (2005) with the Fraser River delta brant counts coming from CWS-SFU Fraser River surveys (1993-96 counts from E.Reed, 1996/97 from B. Gowans and 1998/99 and 2000/01 from K. Hagmeier). The Haida Gwaii counts are from the National Audubon Society CBC data for Skidegate Inlet, Port Clements, Masset and Rose Spit. The year refers to the mid-winter period covering the fall to spring season, for example 1990 is equal to fall of 1990 to spring of 1991.

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Mid-Winter Brant Numbers in the Pacific Flyway

Year	Mid-Winter Population Counts in Thousands
1970	141.7
1971	149.2
1972	124.8
1973	125.0
1974	130.7
1975	123.4
1976	122.0
1977	147.0
1978	162.9
1979	129.4
1980	146.4
1981	194.2
1982	121.0
1983	109.3
1984	133.4
1985	144.8
1986	136.2
1987	108.9
1988	147.0
1989	135.2
1990	151.6
1991	131.7
1992	117.7
1993	124.4
1994	130.0
1995	133.7
1996	126.9
1997	157.9
1998	138.4
1999	129.2
2000	135.0
2001	124.7
2002	136.7
2003	106.5
2004	119.2