Hello! This morning from my house in SW Hilliard I could see large numbers of geese flying in from the east and landing in the fields west of my house. On a couple occasions in the past few days I've seen a couple small geese flying with the other Canadas that I have suspected were Cacklings, but I couldn't make a positive ID just with their flyby. So I went out this AM to investigate, and was not disappointed. In the soccer fields on the west side of Spindler Rd, there is currently a flock of ~200 Canada Geese with 5 Cackling Geese mixed in. They were in a group together in the center of the flock. I was able to see them well with my scope. As I was watching them, more geese started flying in overhead, and with these incoming Canadas was a white phase Snow Goose. This flock landed in the cornfields on the north side of Renner Rd, as you approach Alton & Darby Creek Rd. I drove over to this field, and found a very large flock of Canadas (at least 400-500 I would say, maybe more). The Snow Goose was easily seen feeding among the corn stubble with the other geese. It's a little difficult to park in a place where you can see this field--the only possible place I could find to park was in a driveway, where I stopped briefly--so of course just be conscientious if you park in someone's driveway :). There could be Cacklings mixed in with this flock as well, but I couldn't take the time to scan the flock well. I'll be going back this afternoon to do that. Last year we had a Snow Goose at this location on Dec. 25, so this one is right on! By the way, I have been seeing a large white Domestic Goose hanging out with the Canadas in this area in the last few days as well, but this bird is at about as large as a Giant Canada Goose (much larger than a Snow Goose) and has no black flight feathers. So just beware! Merry Christmas! Nate Nye Hilliard ______________________________________________________________________ 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]