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Atlantic Brant - North American
[Branta bernicla hrota]

[Length 25 in. Wingspan 42 in.]

Brant occur in the far northern portions of North America, Europe, and Asia. In North America they breed in the high Arctic coastal regions of Alaska and northern Canada. They winter along both coasts of North America. This one was photographed foraging on winter grass along the coast of New Jersey, USA. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: April 1989)

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Atlantic Brant - North American
[Branta bernicla hrota]

[Length 25 in. Wingspan 42 in.]

These Brant were photographed flying over the impoundments at Brigantine NWR, New Jersey, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1982)

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Atlantic Brant - North American
[Branta bernicla hrota]

[Length 25 in. Wingspan 42 in.]

These Brant were photographed at Brigantine NWR, New Jersey, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300 lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: April 1984)

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Black Brant - North American
[Branta bernicla nigricans]

[Length 25 in. Wingspan 42 in.]

This immature "Black" Brant was photographed at Lakeside Park, Andrews, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=420mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: November 6, 2007)

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Black Brant - North American
[Branta bernicla nigricans]

[Length 25 in. Wingspan 42 in.]

This immature "Black" Brant was photographed at Lakeside Park, Andrews, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=300mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: November 3, 2007)

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Black Brant - North American
[Branta bernicla nigricans]

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Black Brant - North American
[Branta bernicla nigricans]

[Length 25 in. Wingspan 42 in.]

This "Black" Brant was photographed at Gaviota State Park, Santa Barbara, California, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: June 28, 2013)

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Bufflehead
[Bucephala albeola]

[Length 13.5 in. Wingspan 21 in.]

This drake Bufflehead was photographed at Wadley Barron Park, Midland, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: January 8, 2009)

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