Checked some raptor nests yesterday in & around CVNP and Summit County Metro Parks. 1. "Upper Merriman Nest" - active, 4th. year - RTH - red oak 2. "Treaty Line Nest" - gone - CH 3. "Smith Rd. Nest" - active, new this year - RTH - tree unknown 4. "Bath Rd. Nest" - active, 3rd. year - GHO (has been on nest since 01/24) - sycamore 5. "Sarah's Vineyard" - active, moved from previous location - RTH - tulip-tree 6. "Wetmore Nest" - active, 6th. year - RSH - shagbark hickory 7. "Coliseum Nest" - looks inactive, no birds, not much nest left - RTH - Norway spruce 8. "Chittenden Nest" - inactive, used last year - GHO - red oak 9. "Ledgewood Nest" - assumed active, nest in great condition & bigger than last year - CH - sugar maple 10. "Boston Towpath" - active, 3rd. year - RSH - sycamore 11. "Rt. 82 South Hills" - assumed active, nest in great condition - RTH - red oak 12. "Towpath Canal Rd." - gone - RTH 13. "Hampton Hills" - gone - CH 14. "Bath Rd. Lagoon" - gone - RTH 15. "Terex Rd." - assumed inactive - RTH - silver maple 16. "Rt. 18/I-77 On-Ramp" - active, new this year - RTH - red oak 17. "Seiberling Nest" - active, nest being built - CH - white pine NESTS YET TO CHECK: 18. "Towpath Valley View G.C." - RSH - red oak 19. "Blossom Nest" - RSH - Scotch pine 20. "Valley Bridle Trail" - RTH - sycamore 21. "Salt Run Nest" - RTH - sycamore 22. "Buckeye Trail" - RTH - white pine 23. "Wheatley Nest" - RTH - dead red oak 24. "Ghent Rd. Nest" - unknown - white oak Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio. --------------------------------- Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]