As I was hurrying to my car in the parking lot of Columbus State Community College (the CSCC of the title line), I heard an unlikely chip and had a small bird zip by my ear into a small cluster of planted pines. Curiosity pulled me off schedule, and I went to look around the pines where I was greeted by a small flock of temperate migrants. Foraging among the shelter of the pines were 3 Palm Warblers, 3 Yellow-rumps, 1 Blackpoll, 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 2 Golden-crowns, and 1 red-breasted Nuthatch. They kept flying out to nearby fruiting trees, then coming back to the pines. A closer look at the fruit trees, which had lush ground cover, added a few more kinglets, as well as 2 juncos, 8 White-throated sparrows, a Song sparrow, and a Swamp Sparrow. All of this within 10 minutes in an area no greater than a quarter acre (and much of it paved!) I can only assume that the cold weather produced similar groundings in many central Ohio areas. Rob Thorn [log in to unmask] EarthLink Revolves Around You. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]