There is a white domestic goose which hangs around Summit Lake; this is NOT what I'm talking about.  An adult Ross's goose was at the NORTH END of Summit Lake this morning, about 6:30 - 7:30, in the grassy fields with Canadas. I had excellent looks through the scope in great light, very close.  The bird is about half the size of a golf course Canada with a clean, white head and a blue-tinged, vertical-based bill. Why a Ross's goose is in Ohio on Memorial Day weekend, I have no idea. THIS IS NOT A SAFE AREA OF AKRON. Exercise common sense.
 
The census route, in addition to Summit Lake, includes the area I simply call "Wilbeth Rd" because I park by the softball field on W Wilbeth Rd (OH 764).  The Ohio & Erie Canal runs through the area and there is a beaver pond east of the canal which can be seen from Wilbeth Rd. There are ATV trails through the woods.
 
Summit Lake Bird Census
24 May 2008
5:25 - 8:45 am
Sky: clear Temp: 38-67° F
Hum: 43% Dew pt: 42°F 
Wind: ENE 3-6 mph Bar: 30.08 in (falling)
 
 
ROSS'S GOOSE - 1
Canada goose - 160
Wood duck - 2
Mallard - 65
Bufflehead - 1 injured
Pied-billed grebe - 1
Double-crested cormorant - 1
Great blue heron - 34
Green heron - 2
COMMON MOORHEN - 2
Killdeer - 6
Spotted sandpiper - 1
Rock pigeon - 12
Mourning dove - 8
Chimney swift - 64
Red-bellied woodpecker - 2
Downy woodpecker - 3
Northern flicker - 1
Eastern wood-pewee - 3
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER - 1
Willow flycatcher - 5
Eastern kingbird - 2
Warbling vireo - 6
Red-eyed vireo - 9
Blue jay - 5
American crow - 1
Tree swallow - 3
Northern rough-winged swallow - 1
Barn swallow - 8
Black-capped chickadee - 6
Tufted titmouse - 2
White-breasted nuthatch - 1
Carolina wren - 1
House wren - 4
American robin - 46
Gray catbird - 13
European starling - 41
Cedar waxwing - 13
Tennessee warbler - 6
Yellow warbler - 24
Yellow-rumped warbler - 1
Blackpoll warbler - 9
American redstart - 4
Common yellowthroat - 4
CANADA WARBLER - 1
Scarlet tanager - 1
Chipping sparrow - 2
Song sparrow - 27
Northern cardinal - 26
Rose-breasted grosbeak - 1
Indigo bunting - 2
Red-winged blackbird - 56
Common grackle - 69
Brown-headed cowbird - 4
House finch - 1
American goldfinch - 13
House sparrow - 29
 
Gregory Bennett
Akron OH
 

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