Hello all, While in town for the weekend I had the opportunity to see the snow goose that's been hanging out along the Hocking River--it was still there this evening, standing, swimming, and flying around with the Canada geese. There was even a near-collision in the air between the snow goose and one of the Canadas--evidently honking doesn't translate from one species to another! I'm curious about how unusual or interesting the goose's presence here is. Having only seen snow geese along the Atlantic coast, I checked the species' winter range map and saw a large void over all of Ohio. How common are snow geese in Ohio during the winter? How common are they in this part of Ohio? Part of the reason I ask is that my (non-birding) father is the assistant news director in Ohio University's news room, and he was asking whether this occurrence is interesting enough to send out some cameras in order to get footage for the student-run evening news show... Caitlin Kight Athens, OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. 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]