Larry Jeanblanc, Julie Karlson, and I drove to South Charleston which is in southeastern Clark County to bird this morning. We started near the Trupoint Grain Elevator and walked around the block. We found 8 Eurasian Collared Doves along Route 41 just east of the elevator. They have been in this area for at least 2 1/2 years. Then we walked a couple miles down the bike trail and back. This seems to be a good area for sparrows. We recorded Chipping, Field, Vesper, Fox, Song, White-throated, White-crowned, and Swamp Sparrows plus a few juncos. The highlight was a Nelson's Sparrow at the edge of a weedy field. This is my first record of Nelson's Sparrow in Clark County. Doug Overacker Springfield, 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]