I just returned from doing a breeding bird survey in Monroe County at and
around the Lamping Homestead area (campground and picnic facility) on the
Marietta Unit of the Wayne.   On Monroe Township Road 307 at the first
bridge crossing of Clear Fork stream (just south of the Lamping entrance) I
heard a song that was unfamiliar to me.  Searching it out brought me face
to face with a beautiful male Wilson's warbler.  No binoculars needed as it
sat 10 feet in the open in front of me for a good 2 minutes.  This is a new
Ohio bird for me and one that is, to my knowledge, a first found on
breeding bird surveys on the Athens Ranger District.   Gazateer info is
Page 72 southern end of C2  (Monroe County , Washington Township, Section
14).

On my return to the office I also saw a Great Egret wading the Hocking
River about 50 feet downstream of the Athens Wastewater Discharge outlet
(Athens Co., Athens Township, close to the Route 50/U.S. Hwy 33
interchange....80 B2).

Lynda Andrews
Wildlife Biologist
Wayne National Forest
740/753-0550 voice
740/753-0118 fax

"When a man destroys a piece of art we call him a vandal; when he destroys
a work of nature we call him a developer."     Anonymous

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