Lake Hope State Park & Zaleski State Forest are located 15 miles from Nelsonville (Rte 33) off of Rte 278 I spent 4 days in the area April 21st through the 24th (Thurs-Sun) On Saturday I enjoyed the company of the group of Birders from the First Annual "Bird in the Hills"-Joe Brehm [log in to unmask] They were a great group of Birders!!! Below is a list of some of the Birds seen For more details go to eBird Hotspots Zaleski State Forest This will give you places to Bird It also will mention the 20 Breeding Warblers in this area & their Specific Habitat Warblers Breeders in the area Blue-winged N Parula Yellow Chestnut-sided Magnolia- not seen this trip Black-throated Green Yellow-throated Pine Cerulean Black-and-white American Redstart Prothonotary Worm-eating Ovenbird Louisiana Waterthrush Kentucky C Yellowthroat Hooded Yellow-breasted Chat-not seen on this trip Prairie Migrants Blackburian Palm Nashville Tennessee Yellow-rumped Other Birds seen Hawks Red-tailed Broad-winged Red-shouldered Pileated Woodpeckers Red-headed Woodpecker Great Blue Heron Osprey Wild Turkey C Nighthawk Chimney Swift E phoebe Vireos Red-eyed White-eyed Yellow-throated Barn Swallow N Rough-winged Swallow Carolina Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher E Bluebird N Mockingbird Scarlet Tanager White-throated Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Wood Ducks E Towhee 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]