I spent several hours roaming this sprawling Park in south Columbus, focusing on areas that I knew, or thought, would be Migrant funnels.  These included Heron Pond, Elk Run, and the Confluence area, along with the borrow pits along the bikepath.  Elk Run isn't actually part of 3-Creeks....yet; it's along Big Walnut Creek and is connected by park land, but just doesn't have a path connection yet.   There was not big fallout in any of these areas, but there were decent numbers of migrants at almost every stop.  Notables included:

Herons - the borrow pits still had water, and had 4 Great Blue Herons and 2 Great Egrets, just well below the numbers there a month ago (and no Little Blue Heron, alas).

Raptors - surprisingly few.  Heron Pond had its usual flock of 12-15 roosting Turkey Vultures, and single Cooper's Hawks were at Elk Run and Confluence, but no buteos at all.

Swifts - small numbers overhead at all spots, which is not the norm here.  There must be a migrant roost nearby.

Flycatchers - 5+ Wood Pewees around the wet areas of the borrow pits and adjacent Alum Creek, but no other flycatchers seen

Vireos - a single Warbling was at Heron Pond, while 1 Blue-headed and 1 Red-eyed were along the Confluence Trail

Thrushes - lots of Swainsons, with some at every stop, capped by 15+ around the deeper woods patch at the Confluence access.  With them were 2-3 Gray-cheeks, but no Veeries.

Mimids - still lots of Catbirds, with 6-10 at each stop.  A Mockingbird was still at their traditional spot along the entrance road at Confluence access.

Cedar Waxwings - 10-20 bird flocks at most stops.  They're quickly stripping the meager honeysuckle crop here.

Warblers - nowhere common, but diversity was OK with 11 sp: Magnolia (7+), Black-thr.Blue, Black-thr.Green, Cape May, Blackpoll, Black&White, Yellow-rumped, Redstart (5+), Ovenbird, Wilson's, Com.Yellowthroat.  Probably 20+ warblers went unidentified because they moved too quickly or were flyovers.

Blackbirds - Elk Run had a sizeable roost of Redwings (80+) and Grackles (100+) while most of the other locations just had a few flyovers.  Confluence had a courting(!) pair of cowbirds.  No orioles (and this is a good spot for late orioles).

Others - a single Scarlet tanager was near the Borrow pits, while a Rose-br.Grosbeak was calling at the Confluence.  No singificant concentrations of sparrows, migrant or resident, were at any of the stops.

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