After locating the perched great horned owl along Licking Trails Road north of the Dutch Fork Wetlands area of Dawes Arboretum, I had time to kill before beginning the Project FeederWatch for which I volunteer there.

Dawes Lake was FULL of geese - maybe 500 or so.  Unfortunately, I didn't bring my spotting scope.  Anyway, I saw what at first I thought was a mallard climb out of the water and onto the ice.  Then I saw that it wasn't a duck, but a (white-cheeked) goose.  It was substantially smaller than the other Canadas, but I'm not ready to pronounce it a cackling because I was not close enough to see its bill well.

Moral of the story:  Bring the spotting scope, no matter what!

Also present, around 20 mallards and a single American coot.

Margaret Bowman
Newark, OH

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