This morning I enjoyed atlasing in priority block 60D1CE near Nashport
in western Muskingum County.  The great thing about atlasing is that
it takes you to places you probably otherwise wouldn't bird.

While atlasing in this block, I came across some neat areas and neat
birds.  The ODWR land along the Licking River south of Nashport
supported the greatest diversity of goodies:  A pair of Bald Eagles, a
Hooded Merganser, 3 Prothonotary Warblers, a Bank Swallow colony, 2
Swamp Sparrows, and a singing Brown Creeper!  This area, accessed off
Pleasant Valley Rd south of SR-146, yielded 56 species in just 1.5
hours of atlasing.

This block also had an impressive 7 raptor species, and the excellent
overall habitat diversity contributed to 81 species for the morning in
this block--a personal record.

Don't go birding in this block, though--there are plenty of untapped
priority blocks out there just waiting to be explored.

Good birding,

Dave Slager

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David L. Slager
Graduate Research Fellow
Terrestrial Wildlife Ecology Lab
School of Environment and Natural Resources
The Ohio State University
210 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road
Columbus, OH  43210-1085
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