Hi, Joanne! Your flower is Large-flowered Valerian (Valeriana pauciflora Michx.). Nice find. I know of it from very few spots (only one in Salt Fork...where I saw my first one), but I believe that it is locally common...if you know where to look. Good birding...and botanizing... Jason Joanne Konst <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Found it at the entrance of Conkle's Hollow. I can't find it in my flower books. http://new.photos.yahoo.com/kapella1/album/576460762402787268 While visiting the area, saw several black and white warblers, scarlet tanagers, cedar waxwings, red-eyed vireos (singing everywhere!), one calling tufted titmouse, crows, and a huge bird that screamed "raven" but could not have been--probably a quick glance at a black vulture or a pileated woodpecker. It was a very brief sighting while driving down the road near Conkle's Hollow, not long enough for an ID, obviously. Are there otters at Clear Creek? Hubby and I believe we may have seen one -- too big for muskrat, wrong tail for beaver. Thanks. Joanne Konst Columbus, Oh ______________________________________________________________________ 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] Jason S. Larson 11 Depot Street Apt. #5 New Concord OH 43762-1227 --------------------------------- Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]