Yesterday, March 14, 2009, I joined the Kirtland Bird Club in going to Killdeer Plains... The waterfowl was very abundant. At the end of the day, I had seen all the common migarants save for the Greater Scaup. During the trip, one strange species of note was a bird that looked like a Canada Goose, but had an orange bill, orange feet, and 3 white streaks on each side. Some belive that this must be a crossing between a Canada Goose and a Greater White Fronted Goose. However, could it be something unusual from Europe - afterall, it was larger then the other Canada Geese in the Pond. After most of the people on the trip dispersed, a few of us remained and saw some truely exceptional birds. They inclueded, Henry and Olivia Burton, Jason and Jaimie, two other people, and me. Highlights inclued: 5 Short Eared Owls (both males and females) 1 BOBWHITE (a female, that flew from under my feet) 1 Female Long-tailed Duck at Lake Medina Here is a list of all the birds we saw: Red-winged Blackbird American Crow Northern Cardinal Canada Goose Red-Tailed Hawk European Starling Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Eastern Bluebird American Robin Common Grackle Blue Jay American Kestrel House Sparrow Red Shouldred Hawk Wood Duck Mallard Horned Lark Bald Eagle Downy Woodpecker Red Bellied Woodpecker Northern Harrier Killdeer Great Blue Heron Eastern Meadowlark Hooded Merganser Canada/White Fronted Goose hybrid? Mute Swan Northern Pintail Horned Grebe American Wigeon Ring Billed Gull Common Goldeneye Red Breasted Merganser Ring-Necked Duck Northern Shoveler American Coot Northern Flicker Green Winged Teal Turkey Vulture Tundra Swan Canvasback Blue-Winged Teal Wilson's Snipe Pied Billed Grebe Ruddy Duck American Black Duck Lesser Scaup Trumpeter Swan Gadwall Rough-Legged Hawk Sandhill Crane (Heard) Song Sparrow American Tree Sparrow Bufflehead Northern Bobwhite American Woodcock (heard) Short Eared Owl Carolina Wren (Heard) Dark Eyed Junco Long-tailed Duck Redhead Hairy Woodpecker White Breasted Nuthatch ______________________________________________________________________ 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]