Greetings, Caitlin!
I am not sure of the overall occurrence and distribution of Snow Geese in Ohio, (I'll let someone like Bill Whan handle that one) but I would say that they can be fairly difficult to find this time of year, at least around the Athens area. Dr. Phil Cantino and Dr. Scott Moody, both of Ohio University, have been birding the area for around 20 years or so, and I do not ever recall them this past week saying that they had ever seen one before...in the area. In fact, Dr. Cantino, has been keeping a list of birds seen along the Hocking Adena Bikeway for some years now and it was a new bird (#150) for the list.
http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~cantino/allbirds.html
I'd say send the kids out with the camera crew. It'll give them something non-violent or political to put on the local news...just make sure they get the Snow Goose and not one of the domestics! :)
Good birding,
Jason
Caitlin Kight <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Hello all,
While in town for the weekend I had the opportunity to see the snow
goose that's been hanging out along the Hocking River--it was still
there this evening, standing, swimming, and flying around with the
Canada geese. There was even a near-collision in the air between the
snow goose and one of the Canadas--evidently honking doesn't translate
from one species to another!
I'm curious about how unusual or interesting the goose's presence here
is. Having only seen snow geese along the Atlantic coast, I checked
the species' winter range map and saw a large void over all of Ohio.
How common are snow geese in Ohio during the winter? How common are
they in this part of Ohio?
Part of the reason I ask is that my (non-birding) father is the
assistant news director in Ohio University's news room, and he was
asking whether this occurrence is interesting enough to send out some
cameras in order to get footage for the student-run evening news show...
Caitlin Kight
Athens, OH
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