The Kokosing Gap Trail runs for 13 miles between Mount Vernon and Danville in Knox County. My favorite birding spot on the trail is at the Brown Family Environment Center (BFEC) which lies just outside of Gambier on Laymon Rd. This location provides a healthy mix of habitat. Here you will find open fields, coniferous plantings, deciduous woods, riparian woods, and plenty of edge; along with the impressive gardens and prairie grasses that are planted at the BFEC. The entire trail provides good birding, but I've found this location to be very productive year-round. While birding the BFEC this morning I saw a nice variety of birds. There were 9 species of warblers present: American Redstart Northern Parula Ovenbird Hooded Warbler Common Yellowthroat Kentucky Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Magnolia Warbler There were multiple redstarts, yellowthroats, and magnolias. The rest were singles. A single Swainson's Thrush was also seen. Scott Albaugh Knox County ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]