Just a note to alert birders to a valuable new book:"The Birds of Hocking County, Ohio," by experts Watts, Knoop, and Coovert. It is available in many venues by now, published by McDonald and Woodward of Newark. Few single Ohio counties have a serious book on birds devoted to them, but Hocking is certainly one deserving. The historical aspects are intriguing; the most impressive for me is the pair of B&W photos of the forest in its original state pp.32-33. If you crave an appealing and informative work on an Ohio birding mecca--its history, heroes, and hidey-holes--you will rejoice in this one. Its 266 species speak for themselves. Bill Whan Cols ______________________________________________________________________ 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]