I stopped at several areas in south Columbus, starting around Greenlawn and Haul Rd, then stopping at Big Run and Prairie Lincoln Woods to look for Rusty Blackbirds, and finishing at several stops along Darby Creek in Prairie Oaks MetroPark.  Waterfowl migration was spotty, and the only landibrds that seemed on the move were Tree Sparrows & Blackbirds.  Notables included:

Dabbler - mostly Mallards, but did have 1 Gadwall & 1 Green-winged Teal and Clover Cemetery Wetlands
Divers - hardly any, but did have a small flock of Redhead & 1 Goldeneye at Hart Road Quarry
Raptors - not much other than a few Red-tails, and a juvie Cooper's at Haul Rd Quarries
Killdeer - none close to Columbus, but they were quite common in fields along Darby Creek
Brown Creeper - only 1, at the Forest north of US40 on Darby Creek
E.Bluebirds - far fewer than in the suburban parks of Dublin; only had 2 at Big Run Park
E.Towhee - 1 was singing along the woods edge on Darby Creek north of US40.
Tree Sparrows - small flocks at most of the stops along Darby Creek, topped by 12 at Darby Bend Lakes
Redwings - common flyovers at most stops; had 8+ males on territories at Clover Cemetery Wetlands
RustyBlackbird - only found 1, at Prairie Lincoln Woods

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