Lake Hope State Park & Zaleski State Forest are located 14 miles south of Nelsonville(Rte 33) off of Rte 278. Jason Simonis & I visited the area on April 19th(Tues). It was raining most of the time. It would quit raining for a moment & the birds would come out & sing. Then it would start raining & the birds would quit singing & disappear. This went on till about 1:45pm. Then it quit raining & the birds came out & the show began. Below is some of the birds seen & places we visited. Hope Furnace Parking Lot 7:30am Warblers Louisianna Waterthrush Blue-winged Yellow-throated Black-and-white Ovenbird N Parula E Phoebe Jones Hollow Rd 9:05am Warblers Pine-pair Yellow-throated-2 Ovenbird Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Jones Hollow Rd/ Wheelabout Rd intersection 9:15am Black-thraoated Green Warbler Small Marsh Rte 278 7:56am Wood Duck-male Mallard-2 males Hunter's Camp 8:30am Pine Warbler-2 E Towhee Rte 278 at beginning of the road to the Cabins 11:35 Warblers Yellow-throated N Parula Black-and-white Keeton Cemetery 11:55am Yellow-rumped Warbler-4 males, 2 female Red-headed Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker-2 males Red-eyed Vireo Dark-eyed Juncos E Bluebird Pheasant Point picnic area 12:00-noon Hermit Thrush Warblers Yellow-throated Black-throated Green Pine Yellow-rumped-3 males, female Big Four Rd 13:05 Warblers Black-and-white-2 Louisianna Waterthrush-3 Irish Ridge 13:28 Warblers C Yellowthroat Yellow-throated White-throated Sparrow King Hollow Rd-Maintenance Rd(No Vehicles) 13:53 Warblers Ovenbird-2 Black-and-white-2 Yellow-rumped-4 Cerulean Black-throated Green-3 Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Clear Cut 14:15 Warblers Prairie-3 Hooded-2 Pileated Woodpecker Red-headed Woodpecker-4 Great Blue Heron-flying overhead Gray Catbird Cooper's Hawk Selected Cut 15:05 Warblers American Redstart Cerulean Hooded Yellow-rumped-3 Small Marsh Rte 278 16:05 Warblers Prothonotary Louisianna Waterthrush Black-and-white Mallard N Rough-winged Swallow Red-tailed Hawk Lake Logan-off of Rte 33 17:21 Warblers N Parula Yellow-rumped-6 males, 2 females Yellow E Meadowlark-meadow before entering park C Loon-9 Ruddy Duck-4 females, male Double-crested Cormorant-2 Spotted Sandpiper Bald Eagle-adult Belted Kingfisher Great Blue Heron-2 Carolina Wren American Coot-10 Mallard-6 Mute Swan-pair with nest Chimney Swift Rte 33-North of Clear Creek Metro Park Black Vultures-10 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]