Ohio birders have added several new shared bird reporting hotspots to eBird. http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+Ohio Several years ago, when I volunteered to review eBird hotspot suggestions for Ohio, there were about 1200 locations identified. I remember thinking, "We probably have almost all of the birding locations already in eBird. There shouldn't be much to do." As of today we have 2081 hotspots in Ohio and the list seems to be growing almost daily as eBirders suggest places close to home which they are visiting. I have noticed that, almost anywhere in Ohio, one or two birders visiting a location regularly (once a month is enough, once a week is even better) can fairly quickly identify at least 100 species. The eBird hotspots with smaller numbers of species reported mostly don't have many checklists submitted yet. Eventually, as more checklists are submitted, we will have Ohio well mapped for bird diversity. It would be great if eBirders would commit to filling in the bar charts for nearby locations. Auglaize County Fort Amanda Park http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Fort+Amanda+Park Butler County Miami University--Dogwood Grove http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Miami+University+Dogwood+Grove Franklin County Duranceau Park http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Duranceau+Park Logan County Plum Cemetery http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Plum+Cemetery Madison County Gwynne Conservation Area http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Gwynne+Conservation+Area Stark County Silver Park http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Silver+Park Trumbull County Grand River Wildlife Area--Dead Branch Wetlands http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Grand+River+Wildlife+Area+Dead+Branch+Wetlands Grand River Wildlife Area--Hoffman Norton Rd. North http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Grand+River+Wildlife+Area+Hoffman+Norton+Road+North Sager Memorial Cemetery http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Sager+Memorial+Cemetery Van Wert County Middle Point Lake (roadside access only) http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Middle+Point+Lake Willshire City Park http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Willshire+City+Park Vinton County Zaleski State Forest--Moonville Tunnel http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Zaleski+State+Forest+Moonville+Tunnel Washington County Kris-Mar Woods http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Kris-Mar+Woods Wayne County Wooster Cemetery http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Wooster+Cemetery 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]
