http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/bigisland  Is the official map.

The other picture I added will not show up on the Ohio Birds page, but the
middle pond is where all the shorebirds have been as of late on Larue
Prospect Rd.  Also pond behind the barn on the same Road.  Last place to
look is the pond east of the observation deck...thar they be Snipe.

On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 8:45 PM, Dale Brubeck <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Is there a map online about the layout of Big Island?  I have been there
> along the main road, but feel that I don't understand the references to
> where these areas are.  Would appreciate some help about finding the areas.
>
> Dale Brubeck
>
> ---- Douglas Bohanan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Until recently some of us still had their older field guides.  Why give
> them up while they were still good?  Understand name changes and splitting
> and lumping happen.  I always know when I see something different, but I
> still sometimes say the old name.  Sometimes I even come up with a brand
> new one.
> >
> > -DB
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Oct 8, 2015, at 10:43 AM, Jay Lehman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Sometimes my mind reverts to bird names that I learned many years
> ago.  The
> > > snipe at Big Island was a Wilson's Snipe not a Common Snipe.  I
> actually
> > > know the difference as many of my birding friends know and have seen
> both
> > > Common and Wilson's Snipe as recently as 2013 during my Big Year.
> Common
> > > Snipe was on St. Paul Island during my Big Year, and my first was on
> Adak
> > > in 2004.  Recently, I have occasionally called Dark-eyed Juncos
> > > Slate-colored; the change goes back quite a ways.  It must be related
> to
> > > the aging process as I am in my early 70's.  I learned Slate-colored
> 65+
> > > years ago at a young age.  Very frustrating when this happens, and
> often I
> > > am not even aware of it until someone reminds me.  Thanks to those who
> send
> > > me reminders.  Sorry for the confusion.
> > > Jay
> > >
> > > Jay G Lehman Cincinnati, OH
> > > Sent from DROID RAZR HD
> > >
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