Checked these parks south of Columbus (in suburb of Groveport) looking for winter birds with mixed success.  I stopped at the Borrow Pits and Confluence area of 3-Creeks, then went over to Cruiser Pond (completely frozen) and the Tall Pines loop at Walnut Woods.  I had hardly any raptors, so they must be lying low in the cold temps, but did get a firsthand report of a Barred Owl near the Borrow Pits (Mike Horn).  Birds I did have included:

woodpeckers - nothing unusual, but many Downies,Red-bellies, & Flickers, with Hairies at Confluence & Walnut Woods
Brown Creepers - present in every area, with the high of 4 at Walnut Woods
Red-br.Nuthatches - alerted by one reported by the 3Creeks team on the CBC, I checked there with no success.  But Walnut Woods had 3 in the pine grove in the far NW corner of the park
Golden-cr.Kinglets - good #s, with 2-3 at nearly every stop
Hermit Thrush - 1 was feeding on honeysuckle berries at the Confluence area
Mockingbird - one was along the south side of Cruiser Pond
Tree Sparrows - small groups were at Cruiser Pond & Walnut Woods
Swamp Sparrows - singles were at the Borrow Pits, Cruiser Pond, and Walnut Woods

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