I once again made the trip to Deer Creek looking for the northern shrike previously seen an the beach parking lot, but I whiffed. Again. This time, however, I got a nice consolation prize: a ROSS'S GOOSE hanging out with ~150 Canada Geese on the beach. It was simply loafing with the Canadas, affording me great looks from relatively close range. Good birding, John -- John Kuenzli Dept. of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology The Ohio State University 300 Aronoff Laboratory 318 W. 12th Ave. Columbus, OH 43210 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]