Oh, I dunno; I was pretty amused last weekend by the lyrical Funk
Bottoms.  It was my first visit.

Debbie Griffith




On Oct 10, 2008, at 9:51 AM, Bill Whan wrote:

>        A common element in ohio-birds reports is of course location.
> Ohio has
> some great city names, recognized everywhere--Toledo, Cincinnati,
> Cleveland--and all of them good birding spots. We have only one each of
> those, but the index in one atlas accumulates eleven Ohio
> municipalities
> with the name "Five Points," for example, as well as ten "Stringtowns"
> and eight "Centervilles." Zzzzzzzz.
>        Looking further, we find an appalling lack of imagination
> characterizes
> our township names. Forty-three of our 88 counties have a Washington
> Township, and 37 a Jackson. There are 25 named Union, 25 Liberty, 24
> Jefferson, 22 Monroe, 21 Franklin. Ho-hum. I couldn't find a single
> township name used only once in Ohio, not that I was able to stay alert
> going through all those patriotic monikers. We do have a few
> distinctive
> town names--Knockemstiff, for example, or Ai, Fly, Ducat, Gratis, and
> Jumbo--and long may they prosper in the annals of disambiguity.
> However,
> Knockemstiff, though I'd love to announce a good find from there, is
> not
> yet a birding destination as far as I know.
>        Some favored birding spots in other states have memorable
> names--I like
> Banshee Reeks (Virginia), Soldier's Delight (Maryland), Beehunter Marsh
> (Indiana), and one I just ran into this morning, Pissingmare Pond
> (Newfoundland)--but I can't think of anything nearly so striking in
> Ohio. Does anyone care to nominate an Ohio birding spot whose name is
> in
> this league, or close to it?
> Bill Whan
> Columbus (Ohio)
>
>
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