Zaleski State Forest is located 14 miles south of Nelsonville(Rte 33), off of Rte 278. Yesterday Jason Simonis & I went to this area. Upon arrival we saw very little vegetative growth. However, off the Maintenance Rd(off of King Hollow Rd), there were Red-hesded Woodpeckers everywhere. The Fox Sparrows were in great numbers also & singing. The Louisianna Waterthrush, Pine, Yellow-rumped, & Yellow-throated Warblers were plentiful, & we had 2 Black-and-white Warblers. Below is a list of some of the places we visited & some of the birds we saw. King Hollow Rd-Maintenance Rd-- 7:13am Red-headed Woodpeckers-8+ E Towhee-2 Dark-eyed Juncos-10+ Scarlet Tanager Yellow-billed Sapsucker-male Clear Cut-- 7:30am Field Sparrows-2 White-throated Sparrows-5+ Fox Sparrows-6+-singing Wood Duck-3- flying overhead Chipping Sparrows-4+ Yellow-billed Sapsucker-female W Turkey-gobbling Selected Cut-- 8:05am Brown Creeper Blue-headed Vireo-2-singing Pileated Woodpecker-2 Red-headed woodpeckers-8+ White-throated Sparrows-2 Lake Hope-- 8:30am American Coot Pied-billed Grebe Lake Hope Schoolhouse 8:35am Carolina Wren N Flicker-6+ W Turkey-gobbling Wheelabout Rd-- 8:42am Louisianna Waterthrush-2 Hunter's Camp-Atkinson's Ridge Rd-- 9:05am Pine Warbler Baptist Church Rd -- 10:06am Ruby-crowned Kinglet Rte 278 Large Marsh--10:12am Belted Kingfisher-2 Red-tailed Hawk-adult Yellow-rumped Warbler-4+ Black-and-white Warbler-2 Pied-billed Grebe Osprey Tree Swallows-many Mallard-male E Bluebird-male-using natural cavity Rifle Range-- 10:14am Yellow-throated Warbler Near Watersedge General Store(Rte 278)-- 10:17am Black-and-white Warbler-2 Yellow-rumped Warblers-4+ E Phoebe Rte 278 Small Marsh-- 10:25am Red-breasted Merganser-female Louisianna Waterthrush Mallard-pair Wood Duck-pair State Forest Rd-- 11:32am Pine Warblers-pair Jones Hollow Rd--12:10pm Louisianna Waterthrush-2 E Phoebe Hope Furnace Trail--1:00pm Yellow-throated Warbler-2 Belted Kingfisher Blue-gray Gnatcatcher-2 Yellow-rumped Warbler-2 Pileated Woodpecker-2 Golden-crowned Kinglet-3 Louisianna Waterthrush E Phoebe-pair-building nest- just past first creek crossing, underneath cliff Blue-winged Teal-pair Mallard-pair Wood Duck-pair Brown Thrasher-singing Carolina Wren We also visited Lake Logan off of Rte 33. Below is a list of some of the birds we saw. 4:05pm Barn Swallows-2 Pied-billed Grebe-pair displaying mating behavior, & a single bird Common Loon Double-crested Cormorant-8 N shoveler-2 male, female Lesser Scaup-2 male, 3 female Mute Swan-pair-nest Trumpeter Swan American Coot-30+ Yellow-throated warbler Yellow-rumped Warblers-2 females Blue-winged Teal- 5 males, 3 females Greater Scaup-2 females Belted Kingfisher Great Blue Heron Rte 33 Near Clear Creek Metro Park Black Vultures-9 Bruce Simpson-Naturalist at Blendon Woods Metro Park in Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ 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]