Ohio birders have added several new shared bird reporting hotspots to eBird. http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+Ohio Ashtabula County Fields Brook (roadside access only) http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Fields+Brook Indian Trails Park--East 24th Street http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Indian+Trails+Park Geneva SP--Archery Range Geneva SP--Beach Geneva SP--Crabapple Picnic Area Geneva SP--Cowles Creek Geneva SP--Marina http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Geneva+State+Park Hamilton County Armleder Park--Little Miami River Canoe Access http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Armleder+Park+Little+Miami+River+Canoe+Access Jefferson County Friendship Park http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Friendship+Park Lake County Hidden Valley Metropark--North Entrance http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Hidden+Valley+Metropark+North+Entrance Lake Erie Bluffs Metropark--Clark Road http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Lake+Erie+Bluffs+Metropark+Clark+Road Lake Erie Bluffs Metropark--Lane Road http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Lake+Erie+Bluffs+Metropark+Lane+Road Lucas County Meinke Marina http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Meinke+Marina Medina County Hinckley Reservation--Hinckley Lake Loop Trail http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Hinckley+Reservation+Hinckley+Lake+Loop+Trail Lake County The hotspots at Holden Arboretum have been expanded. The general hotspot for the arboretum is named: Holden Arboretum--Garden and Collections http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Holden+Arboretum+Garden+and+Collections There are two additional hotspots at the arboretum which are available to the general public: Holden Arboretum--Bole Woods http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Holden+Arboretum+Bole+Woods Holden Arboretum--Piersons Creek Valley http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Holden+Arboretum+Piersons+Creek+Valley Please note that there is an entrance fee to visit Holden Arboretum. Several additional hotspots have been established to facilitate bird studies at the arboretum. These areas are not open to the general public, but on occasion there are guided walks into some of them. Check the Holden Arboretum web site for more information. Please do not enter these restricted areas without a permit or unless on a guided walk. Holden Arboretum--East Branch (restricted access) Holden Arboretum--Little Mountain (restricted access) Holden Arboretum--Stebbins North (restricted access) Holden Arboretum--Stebbins South (restricted access) Holden Arboretum--Upper Baldwin (permit required) Ken Ostermiller eBird Hotspot reviewer for Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]