A friend of mine recently told me that an Atlantic Brant Goose had been spotted near the Gene Stratton-Porter Historic Site in Rome City. He said that this was a rare sighting in that there had not been one reported for about 100 years. When I mentioned this to some other friends who were talking about bald eagle sightings, I was surprised at how many people were interested in bird watching. I suppose it should not have surprised me since Neil Case has been writing a popular column for this newspaper for many years telling us many facts and stories about birds.