Lake Hope State Park & Zaleski State Forest are located 15 miles from Nelsonville (Rte 33) off of Rte 278. The Warblers & songbirds were very active in the early morning hours. I arrived there around 5:30 am. Birds were singing everywhere prior to sunrise I'm starting to see more young as well as adult birds foraging together, finding food & eating it on the spot. This tells that their young have fledged. The adults are preparing for their 2nd clutch. I start out on the ridge where Bird activity begins first.& as the day goes on I go down into the ravens & hollows Some of the ridge roads are King Hollow, Baptist Church, & Wheelabout Rd. On these roads are Clear Cuts & Shelter Woods which have a good variety of Birds Some of the roads in the ravens are Shea, Hopemoonville, & King Hollow One question I get is how to find Louisiana Waterthrushes. this time of year These birds have fledged their 2nd clutch so they are not singing. I walk down a path or road where the creek is mainly hidden. I look for places where I can see the creek. A good place to look for are areas where there are ripples. In these areas there is more Dissolved Oxygen due to the ripples. This is where you will find more aquatic life that the Louisiana Waterthrushes feed on. Some other good places to look for Birds are at Hope Furnace & Lake Hope Schoolhouse If you go to eBird hotspots there is a write up about the different Warblers & their respective habitat. This can help you find the Warblers wherever you are. By 1:00 pm the Birds are quiet & it is hot. Time to leave. 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]