While doing reconnaissance birding ahead of a field trip next weekend, I found a Ross's Goose yesterday afternoon just outside Killdeer Plains. The bird was with several dozen Canada Geese in flooded fields just southwest of the corner of Routes CH-77 and TH-103. The spot is across the road from a group of large buildings (egg farm?). Also seen at Killdeer: Northern Harriers, American Kestrels, Red-tailed Hawks, Ring-necked Ducks, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Bufflehead, Belted Kingfisher, Eastern Meadowlark, Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles, and American Tree Sparrows. Waited for a Short-eared Owl until well after dark without success. Good birding. Tim Colborn North Olmsted, 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]