Lake Hope State Park & Zaleski State Forest are located 17 miles south of Nelsonville(Rte 33), off of Rte 278, The Pine, Louisiana Waterthrush, Yellow-throated, & Yellow-rumped Warblers were in various areas & I had 1 Prairie Warbler near the Lake Hope Schoolhouse. Below is a list of some of the birds seen. Irish Ridge Warblers Yellow-throated Pine Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Hope Furnace Warblers Louisiana Waterthrush Yellow-throated Lake Hope Schoolhouse Prairie Warbler Baptist Church Rd Warblers Louisiana Waterthrush Pine Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Pileated Woodpecker King Hollow Rd Hawks Red-tailed Red-shouldered E Raccoon Rd Ducks Blue-winged Teal-male Wood Duck-9 males, 2 females It was a beautiful day!! At the beginning there was a lot of activity & singing, There was little vegetative growth. I agree with Rob Royce., There is probably more activity in Shawnee. However we will be getting some sunny days & south winds & there should be more birds by the weekend Bruce Simpson-Naturalist at Blendon woods Metro Park in Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ 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]