Hi Jean (and everyone else), I second Paul Gardner's suggestion to try and use google maps ( http://www.google.com/maps), which works well more often than not, but I also wanted to add some useful links for eBird Hotspots: Ohio Hotspots Wiki: http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/ eBird Tool: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/hotspot-explorer/ Also, feel free to email whoever mentioned an unfamiliar area for more information, or (if you're on Facebook) ask in the relevant groups there, e.g. the groups "Birding Ohio" (https://www.facebook.com/groups/BirdingOhio/) or "Central Ohio Birders" ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/CentralOhioBirders/). Good birding, -Paul Hurtado Columbus, OH On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Paul Gardner <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Welcome to Ohio Birds! > > The lack of details in locational > Hi Jean, > > Welcome to Ohio Birds! > > The lack of details in locational information is a perennial complaint on > the list. We will try to do better, but inevitably we will fall back into > our old bad habits. There are a few resources that will help. > > First, if you put any place name followed by "OH" into the Google search > box, you will often get a useful result. Wendy Park, for example, comes > right up. > > Second, there is a birding site guide on the Ohio Ornithological Website. > Use the "Library" menu. < > http://www.ohiobirds.org/site/library/sites/about.php> > > Finally, you can try the Ebird hotspots. Many of the places will be found > there. > > Happy birding, > Paul > > > Paul Gardner > Columbus, OH > > > ________________________________ > From: P.J. Johnson <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 1:33 PM > Subject: [Ohio-birds] Request for more site location > > > Hello -- > I am new to the list, so those of you familiar with places and locations > may know the site locations automatically. It would be helpful for me (and > maybe others) if nearby towns were mentioned as well in the posts. > To list a park (Wendy Park?) or only county roads with nothing to > reference them to, leaves me unable to look at a map to see if they are > anywhere near me. > Thanks very much for your help! > > Jean Johnson > in NE Ohio > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at > www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at > www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > -- Paul J. Hurtado Postdoctoral Fellow, The Ohio State University Mathematical Biosciences Institute, http://mbi.osu.edu/ Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, http://ael.osu.edu/ E-mail: [log in to unmask] Webpage: http://people.mbi.ohio-state.edu/hurtado.10 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]