On the spur of the moment Linda and I hopped in the car and headed to Big Island Wildlife Area in Marion County and then on to Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area in Wyandot County. Activity at both locations was fairly good and we observed several FOY species. Some highlights at Big Island WA included: Greater Yellowlegs Dunlin Blue-winged Teal, Green-winged Teal Highlights at Killdeer Plains WA included: Pectoral Sandpipers Dunlin Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Bald Eagles Blue-winged and Green-winged Teal Hooded Merganser Trumpeter Swans Red-headed Woodpecker And then the highpoint of the day, two geese at Pond 33 that appeared to be Ross’ Geese rather than Snow Geese. We observed them in length through the spotting scope before deciding on the call. Attributes strongly leaned to Ross’ including characteristics of the overall size of the individuals, bill attributes, neck and flight as they twice lifted off only to return to the pond. Back in March I and some friends observed the Ross’ Goose handing with the Canada Geese by the egg facility. The pair today was near a small group of Canada Geese and Ring-necked Ducks. I would be interested to know if anyone else has encountered the pair at Killdeer and what their impression was. Charlie Bombaci ______________________________________________________________________ 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]