Ohio birders have added several shared bird reporting hotspots to eBird. http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/ New: Here is a tip on how to get a “life list” of all the birds you have reported to eBird at a personal location, such as your backyard. http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Location+Life+List Two new Ohio Birding Drives have been added. http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Ohio+Birding+Drives Birding drives have been developed for some of Ohio’s “under birded” areas, hoping to encourage birders to visit these counties when they are traveling in Ohio. There are 28 Ohio counties with fewer than 1000 eBird checklists submitted. Here are the newest birding drives. Champaign County Birding Drive http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Champaign+County+Birding+Drive Henry County Birding Drive http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Henry+County+Birding+Drive New hotspots which have recently been added. Allen County Heritage Park, Fort Shawnee http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Heritage+Park+Fort+Shawnee Butler County Dudley Woods Metro Park http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Dudley+Woods+Metro+Park Salamander Run Preserve http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Salamander+Run+Preserve Delaware County Veterans Park, Delaware http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Veterans+Park+Delaware Franklin County Olde Quarry Park http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Olde+Quarry+Park Lorain County Amherst Beaver Creek Reservation http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Amherst+Beaver+Creek+Reservation Marion County Delaware Wildlife Area--Hoke Rd. http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Delaware+Wildlife+Area--Hoke+Road Delaware Wildlife Area--Saint James Rd. http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Delaware+Wildlife+Area--Saint+James+Road Montgomery County Stubbs Park http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Stubbs+Park Morgan County Smith Rd. Grasslands (roadside access only) http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Smith+Road+Grasslands Sandusky County Christy Farm Nature Preserve http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Christy+Farm+Nature+Preserve Stark County The Wilderness Center--East Trails http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/The+Wilderness+Center--East+Trails Vinton County Zaleski State Forest--Irish Ridge Rd. http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Zaleski+State+Forest--Irish+Ridge+Road Zaleski State Forest--OH-287 Marsh http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Zaleski+State+Forest--OH-278+Marsh Warren County Armco Park http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Armco+Park 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]