Bill Bosstic and I hit Luckhart Swamp (off Charleton Pike, in N/E Ross County) last night around 8 pm. We played calls for Sora and Virg. Rail..we did get a V. Rail to respond...and than he walked out into the open for us for great views! This bird came as close as 15 ft! To early for safe dates(5/20) on the Breeding B. Atlas..with just a sighting like that..but the area has a good chance to produce some records. No Sora could be heard...but the peepers were so loud...it would be easy to miss a calling Sora at a distance. Dave Hess SVBNC Chillicothe ______________________________________________________________________ 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]