Gene Stauffer recently suggested a new eBird hot spot in Fairfield County -- Howe Pond. http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Howe+Pond There is a small park managed by Canal Winchester here and the pond seems good for migrating water birds. It is near Pickerington Ponds and would be a stop to add for birders who visit Fairfield or Franklin counties. We have recently added a number of Ohio Natural Areas to eBird. Most of these natural areas do not have checklists submitted to them yet. If you live near one of these areas and have a personal location for the natural area, you might want to consider merging your data with the new hot spot. Adams County Whipple State Nature Preserve Athens County Riddle State Nature Preserve Champaign County Siegenthaler-Kaestner Esker State Nature Preserve Columbiana County Sheepskin Hollow State Nature Preserve Delaware County Seymour Woods State Natural Area Stratford Woods State Nature Preserve Erie County Erie Sand Barrens Nature Preserve Fairfield County Shallenberger State Nature Preserve Highland County Miller Nature Sanctuary Hocking County Kessler Swamp State Nature Preserve Knox County Knox Woods State Nature Preserve Lake County Hach-Otis State Nature Preserve Lawrence County Anderson Prairie State Nature Preserve Licking County Morris Woods State Nature Preserve Lucas County Audubon Island State Nature Preserve Mahoning County Kyle Woods State Nature Preserve Medina County Swamp Cottonwood State Nature Preserve Mercer County Baker Woods Nature Preserve Miami County Goode Prairie Greenville Falls State Natural Area Portage County Marsh Wetlands State Nature Preserve Tummonds State Nature Preserve Summit County Portage Lakes Wetland State Nature Preserve Warren County Halls Creek Woods State Nature Preserve Washington County Boord State Nature Preserve Ken Ostermiller eBird Hot Spot reviewer for Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ 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]