I was in Northwest Ohio this morning and had a chance to bird along the lake. At Maumee Bay State Park I had the two WHITE-FRONTED GEESE. They headed out pretty quick and I never did see them again. I birded that area early and again until noon. A lot of geese started coming back in to the interior swimming beach around 11:30. Included in that group were a flock of 9 CACKLING GEESE.. The cackling geese stuck together the entire time I watched them. Not much else other than 6 snow buntings on the lake beach. At Bayshore Power Plant there were 5 Great egrets and a few black-crowned night-herons. After leaving the Maumee Bay area I had a rough-legged hawk along Howard Road just north of Route 2. At Metzger marsh Wildlife Area there was a late AMERICAN BITTERN. It flew out of the Phragmites At Ottawa Refuge there were numerous tundra swans heading south out of the marsh. In all I saw at least 200. There was also a single snow goose with a flock of Canada Geese. Between today and Tuesday in the Cleveland area I have had all 6 Ohio species of geese. With a lot of luck that could be an interesting one day goal. Also at Ottawa Refuge there was a NORTHERN SHRIKE. It was on the dike north of the old headquarters. There was also a flyby LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, greater yellowlegs, and 6 dunlin. I was at Conneaut harbor yesterday (11/22). There were two LONG-TAILED DUCKS with a group of scaup in the harbor. I also had a group of 7 black-crowned night-herons. Not much else there or at Ashtabula Harbor. John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 440-259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]