This past Saturday, the OSU Ornithology Club spent a day exploring Scioto and Adams Counties in southern Ohio. We began our day in Shawnee State Forest, where we drove on parts of forest roads 14, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6. We then spent the afternoon driving around some of the back roads of Adams County, and ended up near the Nature Conservancy's property on Wagonner Riffle Road, where we listened for Chuck-will's Widow in the evening. On the day, we totaled 85 species, and were able to locate nearly all of our targeted "southern specialties". Highlights included: Northern Bobwhite - At least 3 in a pasture viewed from Cole Road. For more details and a map, see: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14380809 Chuck-will's Widow - 3 calling from the cedar barrens near the Nature Conservancy's Eulett Center. There is a small pulloff in front of the center's gate from which these birds could be heard. See http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14381391 4 Vireo species (White-eyed, Yellow-throated, Red-eyed, and Blue-headed). 15 Warbler species, including Cerulean and Kentucky at nearly every stop at Shawnee, Worm-eating and Blue-winged Warblers off forest road 14, and Chestnut-sided in the burn/clearcut area off forest road 2. Yellow-breasted Chats and Prairie Warbler were also heard or seen at nearly every stop throughout the day. See http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14377255 and http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14377462 Blue Grosbeak (Male and female) seen just down the road from the Eulett Center, on Copas Road. See http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14381270 Overall, it was a great trip to this very underbirded area of the state! Good Birding, Alex Champagne ______________________________________________________________________ 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]