I spent part of the morning hiking around parks along Walnut Creek between Groveport and Canal Winchester, including Walnut Woods (Buckeye section), Bareis Preserve, and Kelley Preserve.  Walnut Creek has only a narrow riparian strip here, but the surrounding fields are in different stages of succession, so there were lots of riparian, edge, and successional field birds, including:

Belted Kingfisher - 1 at nest burrow at Kelley Preserve
E.Wood Pewees - 4-5 singing
Willow Flycatchers - 5-6 pairs, all at Walnut Woods or Bareis
Warbling Vireos - 3-4 singing
Red-eyed Vireos - 4-5 singing
Wood Thrushes - 5 singing
Swainson's Thrush - 2 migrants
Gray Catbirds - 20+
Yellow Warblers - 12+ singing
Parula Warbler - 1 singing at Kelley Preserve
Yellow-throated Warblers - single singers at each park
PRAIRIE WARBLER - 1 singing in successional field at Bareis Preserve
Amer.Redstarts - 2 at Walnut Woods
Common Yellowthroats - 16+ over all 3 parks
Rose-br.Grosbeaks - singing birds at both Walnut Woods and Bareis Preserve
Towhees - 4-5 singing
Field Sparrows - 8-10 singing
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 late migrant at Bareis Preserve
Orchard Orioles - 2 singing at both Walnut Woods and at Bareis Preserve

Later in the morning, I went down to Slate Run MetroPark, where I hiked the forested ravines of the 5-Oaks Trail, then visited part of the wetlands off Winchester Pike.  Not much on the wetlands, but landbirds were very interesting, including

Yellow=billed Cuckoo - 1
Pileated Woodpeckers - 2-3 along 5-Oaks trail
E.Wood Pewee - 12+ along 5-Oaks Tr.
Acadian Flycatchers - 16+ along 5-Oaks Tr.
White-eyed Vireo - 2 singing near 5-Oaks Tr.
Yellow-thr.Vireos - 2 singing along 5-Oaks Trail
Red-eyed Vireos - 18-20 singing along 5-Oaks Trail
Wood Thrushes - 12+ singing along 5-Oaks Trail
Swainson's Thrush - 2-3 migrants still lurking along 5-Oaks Trail
Brown Thrasher - 1 singing along woods edge on 5-Oaks Trail
Gray Catbirds - 5-6 along edge of 5-Oaks Trail
Yellow Warbler - 1 in wetland
Parula Warbler - 1 along Slate Run Creek on 5-Oaks Trail
Yellow-throated Warblers - 1-2 along 5-Oaks Trail (there are some sycamores along Slate Run Creek)
Amer.Redstart - 1 singing along 5-Oaks Trail
Kentucky Warbler - 1 singing near Shady Grove Picnic Area
Hooded Warblers - 4-5 singing along 5-Oaks Trail
Louisiana Waterthrushes - 2 singing along 5-Oaks Trail, along Slate Run creek
Com.Yellowthroats - 4-5 singing in meadows along edge of 5-Oaks Trail
Wilson's Warbler - 1 singing near Shady Grove Picnic area
Yellow-br.Chat - 1 singing at wetland
Scarlet Tanager - 2 pairs along 5-Oaks Trail
Summer tanager - 1 female calling at Shady Grove picnic area
Rose-br.Grosbeak - 1 singing at Shady Grove Picnic area
Baltimore Orioles - 1 pair singing and calling around wetland parking area

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