Lake Hope State Park & Zaleski State Forest are located 15 miles from
Nelsonville(Rte 33) off of Rte 278 Below is a list of some of the Birds
seen March 8th (Tues)


       E Towhee-2
       Pileated Woodpecker-a lot of Drumming
       N Flicker
       Carolina Wren-2
       Mallard-pair
       Dark-eyed Juncos
       Brown Creeper
       C Grackle-7
       Red-winged Blackbird-2
       Red-tailed Hawk-Adult
       E Bluebird-3 males
       Great Blue Heron
       E Phoebe-singing everywhere
                       saw one eating a Comma Butterfly
      Warblers
          Black-and-white-singing
          Yellow-rumped-singing
          Pine-at various locations
                  While watching them forage and sing in the sun- "OH So
Beautiful"
                  While watching one forage and sing, the male was doing 2
varieties of their song. Three other Pine Warblers were doing the
same-singing 2 varieties of their song in the same area

             Misc
              Spring Peppers and Chorus Frogs singing
              Comma and Mourning Cloaking fluttering around
              Bluets and Coltsfoots blooming

                       Bruce Simpson-Naturalist at Blendon Woods Metro Park
in Columbus

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