A CACKLING GOOSE was in with a flock of about 60 Canada geese in North
Perry, Lake County.  They were observed flying just east of the intersection
of Rte 20 and Antioch Road.  They were flying north and were getting ready
to land.  I have not seen any geese around here in some time due to the high
snow levels, so these may have just came in.  We still have several inches
of crusted snow, so I doubt that they will stick around due to the
difficulty in getting food.

At my house I had a group of 26 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS.  They were at the
top of a spruce feeding.  They were around for about 10 minutes.
Unfortunately all the conifers with cones in my yard are really tall so
there is not much opportunity to get photos.

The lake is mostly frozen, but there was an open lead of about 100 feet.
There were a few gulls and ducks moving along it.  I saw common goldeneyes,
common mergansers, great black-backed and herring gulls.

John Pogacnik
4765 Lockwood Road
Perry, OH 44081
(440) 259-2751

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