Funk Bottoms is the first name that comes to mind.
---- Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]> 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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