Lake Hope State Park & Zaleski State Forest are located 14 miles south of Nelsonville (Rte 33) off of Rte 278. I spent last Wed & Thurs(May 1st & 2nd) exploring the area. Below is a list of some of the birds found. King Hollow Rd(Maintenance Rd) 6:10 am Warblers Hooded-8 Ovenbird-5 Worm-eating-3 American Redstart-2 Cerulean Palm Nashville Black-throated Green Vireos Red-eyed Yellow-throated Blue-headed Wood Thrush E Towhee Scarlet Tanager Ruby-crowned Shelter Woods 6:33 am Warblers Hooded-6 Ovenbird Cerulean American Redstart-2 Prairie-3 Yellow-breasted Chat-3 Nashville Black-throated Green-2 C Yellowthroat Chestnut-sided Bay-breasted Yellow-rumped-10+ Blue-winged Tennessee Palm Black-and-white Cape May(May 2nd) Warbling Vireo Pileated Woodpecker Red-shouldered Hawk Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Ruby-crowned Kinglet Brown Thrasher Irish Ridge 9:10 am Warblers Yellow-throated C Yellowthroat Yellow American Redstart Pileated Woodpecker Campground Rd/Rte 278 9:20 am Warblers N Parula Yellow C Yellowthroat Black-throated Blue Schoolhouse 9:32 am Warblers Yellow-breasted Chat-3 C Yellowthroat Yellow Prairie-2 Blue-winged E bluebird-male Barn Swallow Pileated Wodpecker Hunter's Camp 10:50 am Warblers Pine Golden-winged Hooded Ovenbird Raccoon Ck Rd 11:33 am Warblers Kentucky American Redstart--3 Ovenbird-2 Cerulean Red-tailed hawk-adult E Bluebird-male Rose-breasted Grosbeak Great Crested Flycatcher Wood Duck-female Bike Path 12:24 pm Warblers Louisiana Waterthrush Yellow Palm American Redstart Blue-winged C Yellowthroat Chestnut-sided Prothonotary Will Tract 12:57 am Warblers Ovenbird Cerulean-2 N Parula 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]