Last week Bob Lane gave us an update of the 20+ Osprey nests around Berlin Lake as well as a Cliff Swallow update. Today I am sharing similar information for Geauga County. In 2016 we had 8 nests with chicks throughout the county, all on communication towers. So far this year there are 10 active nests but, because the chicks are so small right now, I can only confirm chicks in 6 of them. One nest has 2 chicks and the rest I saw only one. Nine towers are within 1 mile of a decent size lake or the Upper Cuyahoga river. The 10th is just 2 miles from East Branch Reservoir. Regarding Cliff Swallows, I visited the only bridge I am aware of (north end of E. Branch Reservoir) and counted 156 mud nests with 52 confirmed to have chicks (either saw a chick in the opening or watched an adult enter). I'm sure more are successful but my low count for eBird was 100 individuals. Can't prove it but I suspect between 150 and 200 is more likely. I will try to check out more bridges in the coming weeks. If you know of any please let me know. Again, this is only for Geauga County. All this data has been entered in eBird. You've heard me on my soapbox before - if you haven't started using eBird I would encourage you to do so. Selfishly, it keeps track of your lifelist, but the data it contains is so "rich" for many, many people. Please consider joining and using if you have not done so. It is free. Matt Valencic Geauga County "It is in giving that we receive." ______________________________________________________________________ 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]