I visited Lake Hope State Park & Zaleski State Forest. I had the 20 breeding Warblers & 11 migrants(including Mourning, Connecticut ) In the Shelter woods I had a male Chestnut-sided Warbler(singing) with a female.I also flushed a Ruff Grouse. However the most exciting part of my day was a Black Bear. I was walking down a road & I heard something breathing hard from a thicket. My dog(Akeena) was behind me looking at where the sound was coming from. She is never behind me!! We slowly walked backwards a 100 yards. I looked in the thicket but no sighting. I slowly walked down the road again, constantly asking Akeena if everything was OK . She just smiled & wagged her tail. I looked up Black Bear Vocalizations-Apprehensive expressions-Forceful expulsions of air. A friend had a young Bear on Big Four Rd last week. 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]