Lake Hope State Park & Zaleski State Forest are located 15 miles from Nelsonville (Rte 33) off of Rte 278. There are 20 Warblers that breed in this area The Prothonotary, Magnolia,& Chestnut-sided are not common. When you find the proper habitat you may or may not find the bird, however the numbers for these birds are increasing. The other 17 Warblers are numerous. When you find the proper habitat you will find these birds. Clear Cut Warblers Blue-winged Prairie C Yellowthroat Yellow-breasted Chat Warblers found along flowing water-there are creeks everywhere Prothonotary Louisianna Waterthrush N Parula Yellow-throated Areas near water with Willow trees Yellow Warblers found in Shelter Woods-areas that have been timbered,but a few trees with mast crops were selected to not be cut Chestnut-sided Magnolia-found where there are a few Conifers Pine Groves-Warblers found in these areas Black-throated Green Pine Woodland Warblers Cerulean Black-and-white American Redstart Worm-eating Ovenbird Kentucky Hooded There are numerous roads which you can explore & find these birds. Some of my favorite roads are Baptist Church, Wheelabout, Shea, & HopeMoonville Friday I saw a male Prairie Warbler with a caterpillar, It keep on foraging & found another caterpillar, it was still foraging when I lost sight of the bird. When you see a bird Carrying Food (CF), you know it has young in a nest My next goal with Warblers & other Birds is to find young. I have not found any yet. A lot of times the young bird will be in low vegetation that normally this bird would not be in (Ex/ Cerulean young) In addition sometimes you can get closer to young birds who have not acquired the fear of man. A couple of years ago I saw a young male Prairie Warbler that had fledged, being fed by its parents. I saw this on 2 different visits. The next visit I saw the young bird chasing after the parents that had food but would not fed him. Later I saw him perched in a tree all alone. He looked so sad. & was probably was wondering why his parents were not feeding him now Another time I saw an adult Red-shouldered Hawk with a snake in its talon flying through the woods. Behind the adult was a young Red-shouldered chasing after the adult. This young was making a lot of sounds while pursuing the adult with food. During a normal visit this time of year, I will spend 8 hours in this area & find all 20 Warblers & around 80+ species. Besides the 20 Warblers, there are at least 4 Hawks that breed there. Last Friday we had a Sharp-shinned Hawk fly over. Maybe a new summer resident. There are 6 Breeding Woodpeckers. Twice I have found Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers in June This may be another possible breeding woodpecker. Lake Hope State Park & Zaleski State Forest are great birding areas, so come & visit & I know when you leave the area you will have had a great day Birding!!! 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.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]