Zaleski State Forest is located 14 miles south of Nelsonville(Rte 33) off of Rte 278. Clear Creek Metro Park is off of County Rd 116, south of Lanscater(Rte 33) Yesterday(July 1st), Jason Simonis arrived at Zaleski at 5:30am & left Clear Creek at 5:30pm. It was a long GREAT day of birding!! The birds were very active. Some were feeding young, while others were singing heartily. Below is a list of some of the birds seen. King Hollow Rd-Service Rd Woods Warbler Ovenbird-2 Hooded-6 Kentucky Magnolia-singing Cerulean Worm-eating Whip-poor-will-2 Wood Thrush-3 Scarlet Tanager Red-eyed Vireo E Towhee E Wood Peewee Yellow-throated Vireo Selected Cut Warblers Hooded C Yellowthroat Ovenbird Yellow-breasted Chat Kentucky American Redstart Prairie Black-and-white Hairy Woodpecker Cedar Waxwing-young being fed by adult Pileated Woodpecker-2 White-eyed Vireo Indigo Bunting-young female Clear Cut Warblers Chestnut-sided--singing Hooded-male, pair Yellow-breasted Chat-2 adults, young Prairie-2 males, young Black-and-white-pair Kentucky-2 Blue-winged--male, young C Yellowthroat Indigo Bunting-young,male E Towhee-pair, young Baltimore Oriole-pair, young Yellow-billed Cuckoo Blue-gray Gnatcatcher E Kingbird-young King Hollow Rd/ Rte 278 intersection Warblers N Parula C Yellowthroat Acadian Flycatcher Irish Ridge Rd/ Rte 278 intersection Yellow-throated Warbler Wheelabout Rd/Shea Rd intersection Warblers Prothonotary American Redstart-male Yellow-billed Cuckoo N Cardinal-young female Lake Hope Schoolhouse Warblers C Yellowthroat Yellow-breasted Chat-2 adults, pair Prairie-2 Cedar Waxwing-5 Barn Swallow-7 adults-young White-eyed Vireo E Bluebird-female Ruby-throated Hummingbird Red-eyed Vireo Rifle Range(Rte 278) C Yellowthroat Yellow-throated Vireo Yellow-billed Cuckoo Green Heron Hope Furnace Parking Lot Warblers Yellow-female, young Yellow-throated White-eyed Vireo Hunter's Camp-Atkinson's Ridge Rd Warblers Pine Warbler-2 Yellow-breasted Chat Black-throated Green C Yellowthroat Rose-breasted Grosbeak-female E Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Chimney Swift-3 Baptist Church Rd Warblers Yellow-breasted Chat Prairie Wheelabout Rd-by downed Sycamore Louisiana Waterthrush James Hollow Warbllers Ovenbird-pair Hooded-male carrying food, 2 young Louisianna Waterthrush Worm-eating-by Pine Grove selected cut E Raccoon Rd-creek Warblers Prothonotary Ovenbird Hooded Kentucky Carolina Wren Chestnut St-city of Zaleski Warblers Yellow-breasted Chat Prairie-2 Blue-winged N Mockingbird Indigo bunting Red-tailed Hawk-adult White-eyed Vireo Cedar Waxwing-2 Brown Thrasher Ruby-throated Hummingbird Will Tract Warblers Blue-winged C Yellowthroat Yellow-throated Indigo Bunting Red-eyed Vireo Wood Thrush Big Four Rd Warblers American Redstart Ovenbird Yellow-billed Cuckoo-2 Acadian Flycatcher E Towhee Cedar Waxwing-3 Clear Creek-Starner Rd/bridge Warblers Black-throated Green C Yellowthroat Yellow-breasted Chat Yellow-throated Hemlock Trail Warblers C Yellowthroat Hooded Louisianna Waterthrush Magnolia-male-singing, young female I would like to thank Jason Simonis for helping find these birds. Bruce Simpson-Naturalist at Blendon Woods Metro Park ______________________________________________________________________ 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]