Lake Hope State Park & Zaleski State Forest are located 15 miles south of Nelsonville(Rte 33), off of Rte 278. Yesterday(April 24th) I visited the area. The vegetation growth is getting better. I visited various Clear Cuts & Shelter Woods. The ones on Baptist Church Rd had the most birds. Three other places that had bird activity are Hope Furnace, Shea & Hopemoonville Rd. Below is a list of some of the Birds found. Warblers Louisiana Waterthrush-saw one carrying food Ovenbird Yellow-rumped Bay-breasted-early-1 Black-throated Green Kentucky-2 Chestnut-sided-2 Hooded Cerulean-3 Black-and-white N Parula-4 American Redstart-2 Yellow-throated Pine Blue-winged-2 Prairie C Yellowthroat-1 Yellow-1 Vireos Red-eyed White-eyed Blue-headed Yellow-throated Misc Hawks Red-tailed Red-shouldered Cooper's Woodpeckers Pileated Hairy Red-headed Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Wood Thrush Wood Ducks Herons Great Blue Green E Kingbird 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]