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I spent the morning visiting parks along Big Walnut Creek and Alum Creek in north Columbus & Westerville, scouting for both the Columbus and Hoover CBCs.  The wild berry crop is phenomenal in many places, with honeysuckle, buckthorn, hackberry, and Callery Pears dripping with fruit.  This made fruit-eaters the star of the morning, with lots of Robins, Waxwings,and White-throated Sparrows.  Other highlights included:

Waterfowl - pretty slim pickings, other than the expected Mallards and Geese.  1 Bufflehead was on Schrock Lake in Sharon Woods, while the lakes around Heritage Park and Otterbein Lake had only geese.

Woodpeckers - loads of common varieties, but also had Pileated and sapsucker at 2 locations

Mimids - lots of Mockingbirds, but they were eclipsed by a late Catbird lurking in Innis Park.  There should be more of them around with this glut of berries.

Larks - flyover Horned Larks were at 4 different locations, as the very last vestige of landbird migration

Creepers - no great numbers, but they were at 3 different locations

Wrens - Carolinas were abundant, the product of a good year.  There was also a single Winter along Big Walnut Creek at Woodside Green Park

Sparrows - picking through the hordes of White-throated Sparrows found a few Tree Sparrows, 2 Fox Sparrows (Innis Park & Heritage Park), and 1 Field Sparrow (Sharon Woods).

Finches - no Purple Finches, but a few Siskins were around Tanager Woods and Sharon Woods.

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