I went back out to Buckeye Lake this afternoon, to photograph the white goose and try to re-located the “diver”.  

There is debate on Facebook as to whether the white goose is a snow, Ross’s or hybrid.  I’m no expert.  I do know that it doesn’t have a grin patch, and was closer to the size of the mallards with which it was swimming this morning.

As for the “loon”, I’m loonie!  What I found was a first-winter double-crested cormorant standing on the ice.  Probably what I saw this morning.  Sorry for the false alarm.

Margaret Bowman
Licking Co., OH

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