Ohio birders have added several shared bird reporting hotspots to eBird. http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/ Knox County Kokosing Gravel Pits http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Kokosing+Gravel+Pits Lucas County Maumee Bay State Park--Multi-use Trail http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Maumee+Bay+State+Park--Multi-use+Trail Morrow County Bryn Zion Cemetery http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Bryn+Zion+Cemetery At the suggestion of Brian Wulker, the eBird checklist reviewer for southwest Ohio, we have made changes to several hotspots in that part of the state. Hamilton County Cincinnati Zoological Gardens (please do not report the ducks) http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Cincinnati+Zoological+Gardens - We have added (please do not report the ducks) to the hotspot name. You would be amazed at how many records of captive waterfowl are invalidated from the zoo. Eden Park http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Eden+Park - We have merged the sublocation for Mirror Lake into the general hotspot. This is a small enough park that one hotspot can collect checklists for the whole park. Great Miami River--Mt. Hope Rd. - We have reverted this to a shared personal location among the birders who have submitted checklists. This is private property, and the original checklist was from a CBC with permission to walk. It does not currently have public access. Miami Whitewater Forest http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Miami+Whitewater+Forest - We have added (please use a more specific location) to the general hotspot for the forest. When you visit this large park, please use more specific hotspots for your checklists rather than submitting one checklist for the whole forest. - The Tallgrass Prairie Trail has been merged into Bowles Woods and the new name of this hotspot is Miami Whitewater Forest--Bowles Woods and Tallgrass Prairie Trail. - The Parcours Trail has been merged into Timber Lakes and the hotspot is renamed Miami Whitewater Forest--Timberlakes and Oakleaf Trails. - The Timber Lakes Drive hotspot has been renamed Miami Whitewater Forest--West Rd. Bridge Environs. Parking for this hotspot is available off Timberlakes Drive. - The Hickory Knoll Picnic Area hotspot has been merged into the hotspot for Miami Whitewater Forest--Badlands Trail. Mt. Airy Forest http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Mt.+Airy+Forest - This park now has a general hotspot, Mt. Airy Forest, and two sublocations. Riverside Park http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Riverside+Park+Cincinnati - The hotspot for Newtown Market Fields has been merged into Riverside Park, Cincinnati, since the only way to view the fields safely is from the park. Shawnee Lookout http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Shawnee+Lookout - Shawnee Lookout County Park and Shawnee Lookout--Park Rd. have been combined into a single general location for this county park and is now named Shawnee Lookout. The is a sublocation for the park at the Boat Ramp. Summit Park http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Summit+Park+Blue+Ash - We renamed the Blue Ash Airport hotspot. It is now Summit Park (formerly Blue Ash Airport). Blue Ash is developing the former airport site as a park with many amenities. Clermont County East Fork State Park http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/East+Fork+State+Park - We have added (please use a more specific location) to the general hotspot for this state park. East Fork is a large park, please use more specific hotspots for your checklists rather than submitting one checklist for the whole state park. Ken Ostermiller eBird Hotspot reviewer for Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ 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]