There is a white domestic goose which hangs around Summit Lake; this is NOT what I'm talking about. An adult Ross's goose was at the NORTH END of Summit Lake this morning, about 6:30 - 7:30, in the grassy fields with Canadas. I had excellent looks through the scope in great light, very close. The bird is about half the size of a golf course Canada with a clean, white head and a blue-tinged, vertical-based bill. Why a Ross's goose is in Ohio on Memorial Day weekend, I have no idea. THIS IS NOT A SAFE AREA OF AKRON. Exercise common sense. The census route, in addition to Summit Lake, includes the area I simply call "Wilbeth Rd" because I park by the softball field on W Wilbeth Rd (OH 764). The Ohio & Erie Canal runs through the area and there is a beaver pond east of the canal which can be seen from Wilbeth Rd. There are ATV trails through the woods. Summit Lake Bird Census 24 May 2008 5:25 - 8:45 am Sky: clear Temp: 38-67° F Hum: 43% Dew pt: 42°F Wind: ENE 3-6 mph Bar: 30.08 in (falling) ROSS'S GOOSE - 1 Canada goose - 160 Wood duck - 2 Mallard - 65 Bufflehead - 1 injured Pied-billed grebe - 1 Double-crested cormorant - 1 Great blue heron - 34 Green heron - 2 COMMON MOORHEN - 2 Killdeer - 6 Spotted sandpiper - 1 Rock pigeon - 12 Mourning dove - 8 Chimney swift - 64 Red-bellied woodpecker - 2 Downy woodpecker - 3 Northern flicker - 1 Eastern wood-pewee - 3 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER - 1 Willow flycatcher - 5 Eastern kingbird - 2 Warbling vireo - 6 Red-eyed vireo - 9 Blue jay - 5 American crow - 1 Tree swallow - 3 Northern rough-winged swallow - 1 Barn swallow - 8 Black-capped chickadee - 6 Tufted titmouse - 2 White-breasted nuthatch - 1 Carolina wren - 1 House wren - 4 American robin - 46 Gray catbird - 13 European starling - 41 Cedar waxwing - 13 Tennessee warbler - 6 Yellow warbler - 24 Yellow-rumped warbler - 1 Blackpoll warbler - 9 American redstart - 4 Common yellowthroat - 4 CANADA WARBLER - 1 Scarlet tanager - 1 Chipping sparrow - 2 Song sparrow - 27 Northern cardinal - 26 Rose-breasted grosbeak - 1 Indigo bunting - 2 Red-winged blackbird - 56 Common grackle - 69 Brown-headed cowbird - 4 House finch - 1 American goldfinch - 13 House sparrow - 29 Gregory Bennett Akron 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]