After locating the perched great horned owl along Licking Trails Road north of the Dutch Fork Wetlands area of Dawes Arboretum, I had time to kill before beginning the Project FeederWatch for which I volunteer there. Dawes Lake was FULL of geese - maybe 500 or so. Unfortunately, I didn't bring my spotting scope. Anyway, I saw what at first I thought was a mallard climb out of the water and onto the ice. Then I saw that it wasn't a duck, but a (white-cheeked) goose. It was substantially smaller than the other Canadas, but I'm not ready to pronounce it a cackling because I was not close enough to see its bill well. Moral of the story: Bring the spotting scope, no matter what! Also present, around 20 mallards and a single American coot. Margaret Bowman Newark, 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]