With a few hours this morning, I hiked around several areas of this MetroPark southwest of Columbus.  The creek was partly open, but any streams or ponds were frozen.  Landbirds were mostly residents, but there were a few notables, including

E.Bluebirds - small flocks at Indian Ridge prairie and Indian Ridge picnic area.  One group was associating with goldfinches, a switch from the house finches with which I often find them.

Redwinged Blackbird(s) - 1 was at Indian Ridge (and 2 more were in Grove City on the way there).  All males, probably jumping the gun a bit on Spring.

Fox Sparrow - 1 bird along the creek at Indian Ridge.  This was a brownish bird, likely the subspecies from Alberta rather than the reddish eastern form. Definitely not the slaty western Fox Sparrow or the Sooty Fox Sparrow of the Pacific coast.

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