I hit a few parks around this southeast Columbus suburb, both early and late.  In the morning, I visited the Groveport Blacklick Bikepath (GBBP) and nearby Cruiser Pond for an hour, while I spent a half hour in the afternoon around the Tall Pines area of Walnut Woods Metropark.  Notables included:

Teal - one of the ponds in Walnut Woods (along Richardson Rd) held 15 Green-winged and 12 Blue-winged Teal
Shorebirds - this same pond also had 3 Lesser yellowlegs, 5 Pectorals, and 1 Snipe
Woodpeckers - no sapsuckers, but Flickers were widespread at both locations, along with the expected Red-bellies & Downies
Swallows - Cruiser Pond had Tree, Rough-winged, and Barn, while the Richardson Rd Ponds had only Trees and Barns
Vireos - only 2 Warbling were along the GBBP
House Wrens - 5-6 along the GBBP, and another 4 at Walnut Woods
Ruby-cr.Kinglets - 5 at GBBP, and 3 at Walnut Woods
Brown Thrashers - lone singers at both locations
Gray Catbirds - FOS singers at both GBBP and Walnut Woods
Warblers - GBBP had Yellow-throated, Yellow-rumpeds (6), Black-thr.Greens (2), Prairie (1 singing), and Ovenbird, while Walnut Woods chipped in more Yellow-rumps and an FOS Common Yellowthroat
Sparrows - Walnut Woods was sparrow heaven, with E. Towhees (5), Chipping, Fields (many), Savannah (along Richardson Rd), Swamp (2), Vesper (1 singing), Songs, White-crowned, and White-throated
Meadowlarks - 1 was singing along the GBBP, while another was at Cruiser Pond

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