Hello all, The ornithology class, Jed Burtt, Bill Heck and I had a heck of a morning. At the first pulloff north of Leonardsburg Rd and Horseshoe Rd. was a smattering of waterfowl. Highlights: Snow Goose- 24; 15 adult white phase (including one flyover), 8 adult blue phase, and 1 imm. Blue phase Ross's Goose- 3 adult white phase, very small and short-billed, round-headed, with a small emerald green patch at the base of the bill Sandhill Crane- 1, to the far left side of the pool of water Other ducks in the area this morning included Wood Duck, Northern Shoveler, Green-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal, Mallard, American Black Duck, Northern Pintail, American Wigeon, Gadwall, Redhead, Canvasback, Lesser Scaup, and Hooded Merganser. However, only a small part of the refuge was sampled. Good birding, Sean --- Sean Williams, '11 Undergraduate of Ornithology of Dr. Jed Burtt Ohio Wesleyan University HWCC 724 Delaware, OH 43015 617-470-4094 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]