Greetings! I have been quietly following the listserv since early summer, and have enjoyed learning of everyone's great sightings and observations around the state. It's great reading about all the activity along the Lake, and in some of the more obvious hot-spots around the state (i.e. Columbus and Cincinnati areas), but there are other parts of the state that we don't hear from much. I live in southeast Ohio (near Athens), and find that I know more birders who live in other parts of the state than I do in my own neck of the woods. I will be co-leading a bird walk this Saturday, November 12th, in Athens, along the Hockhocking Adena Bikeway, and it would be great if some other birders from this part of the state could come! The Bikeway runs along the Hocking River, and is one of the sites listed on the Hocking Valley Birding Trail. While I'm sure it's at its best during breeding season, things aren't too shabby in the winter, either. Of course birders from all around Ohio are welcome, but I would especially like to reach out to birders in the Athens area (Nelsonville, Logan, Albany, Pomeroy, etc.). The walk will be from 9am - noon, starting at the West State Street ballfields in Athens (mile marker 4 on the bikeway). We will meet at the picnic shelter that's next to the ballfields. If you are interested and are in need of directions, please let me know and I will provide. I realize this is short notice, but it just dawned on me this afternoon that this might be a good place to advertise the walk! Thanks for your time, and good birding. Heather Aubke Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist, Hocking Hills Chapter Albany, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]