This morning I enjoyed atlasing in priority block 60D1CE near Nashport in western Muskingum County. The great thing about atlasing is that it takes you to places you probably otherwise wouldn't bird. While atlasing in this block, I came across some neat areas and neat birds. The ODWR land along the Licking River south of Nashport supported the greatest diversity of goodies: A pair of Bald Eagles, a Hooded Merganser, 3 Prothonotary Warblers, a Bank Swallow colony, 2 Swamp Sparrows, and a singing Brown Creeper! This area, accessed off Pleasant Valley Rd south of SR-146, yielded 56 species in just 1.5 hours of atlasing. This block also had an impressive 7 raptor species, and the excellent overall habitat diversity contributed to 81 species for the morning in this block--a personal record. Don't go birding in this block, though--there are plenty of untapped priority blocks out there just waiting to be explored. Good birding, Dave Slager -- David L. Slager Graduate Research Fellow Terrestrial Wildlife Ecology Lab School of Environment and Natural Resources The Ohio State University 210 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road Columbus, OH 43210-1085 [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]