Oh, I dunno; I was pretty amused last weekend by the lyrical Funk Bottoms. It was my first visit. Debbie Griffith On Oct 10, 2008, at 9:51 AM, Bill Whan wrote: > A common element in ohio-birds reports is of course location. > Ohio has > some great city names, recognized everywhere--Toledo, Cincinnati, > Cleveland--and all of them good birding spots. We have only one each of > those, but the index in one atlas accumulates eleven Ohio > municipalities > with the name "Five Points," for example, as well as ten "Stringtowns" > and eight "Centervilles." Zzzzzzzz. > Looking further, we find an appalling lack of imagination > characterizes > our township names. Forty-three of our 88 counties have a Washington > Township, and 37 a Jackson. There are 25 named Union, 25 Liberty, 24 > Jefferson, 22 Monroe, 21 Franklin. Ho-hum. I couldn't find a single > township name used only once in Ohio, not that I was able to stay alert > going through all those patriotic monikers. We do have a few > distinctive > town names--Knockemstiff, for example, or Ai, Fly, Ducat, Gratis, and > Jumbo--and long may they prosper in the annals of disambiguity. > However, > Knockemstiff, though I'd love to announce a good find from there, is > not > yet a birding destination as far as I know. > Some favored birding spots in other states have memorable > names--I like > Banshee Reeks (Virginia), Soldier's Delight (Maryland), Beehunter Marsh > (Indiana), and one I just ran into this morning, Pissingmare Pond > (Newfoundland)--but I can't think of anything nearly so striking in > Ohio. Does anyone care to nominate an Ohio birding spot whose name is > in > this league, or close to it? > Bill Whan > Columbus (Ohio) > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] > ______________________________________________________________________ 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]