Yesterday a group of us participated in the Chandlersville CBC in Muskingum County which covers The Wilds and some of the AEP land surrounding that massive area. While overall numbers and diversity was low, some good birds were found. No Golden eagle(s) were found as far as I know, unless a group found one in the afternoon. A staff person from The Wilds did indicate that a Golden eagle was seen a couple weeks ago somewhere on the interior of The Wilds. So that's good news but to the best of my knowledge there was not one found for this count. Anyhow, a Long-tailed duck was found from the Jeffrey Point birding station, if looking from this area it was the pond on the left side, looking out from Jeffrey Point. This pond is also more easily viewed from Zion Ridge road but be careful as I have spooked ducks from glassing from this location (in years previous). Earlier in the day 2 American Bitterns were found in a pond (now also heavily occupied by beaver) off of a side road, off of Rural Dale /Coal Hill Roads. I just checked Google earth - the road that this pond is on is identified as Dye-Cemetery Road, which makes sense because that cemetery is at the end of this road. The pond where the bitterns were located is the second pond on the left past the orange gate, (if heading east on Dye-Cemetery road). The birds were spooked from cattails and long good looks were had in flight and on the ground. This was a state bird for me, and also a new bird for the count. I was originally looking for a snipe or a Swamp sparrow in this area when much to my surprise, not one, but two bittern had been spending time there. The dark primaries in flight contrasted well with the paler coverts, and when viewed once they landed, the birds had the bold striping on front as well. The Northern shrike was viewed very briefly on this same road near the pond where the orange gate is located. This bird was not re found despite a good search on foot in that area. Birders without 4WD or AWD should use caution when birding in this area - the roads are in bad shape. If you have a truck with the necessary clearance - you will not have any problems whatsoever. It was very muddy. The warm temps and monsoon rains we have been receiving don't help this matter, but usually on this count we enjoy these roads being frozen which helps a lot. Glen Crippen Burr Oak Lake ______________________________________________________________________ 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]