Yesterday (Sunday, May 6) I birded Battelle-Darby Metro Park in the Columbus area for the first. I had some expert advice where to bird and so I did the Ancient Trail. My, what a difference a day makes! I had such a great morning the day before at Blendon Woods. But, I'm thinking that the winds of the night before helped the birds head north. Also, this is a very large park and it could just be that the birds are more scattered. I birded from 8-11. Here are the highlights. Now, I don't bird by ear except for a few birds about which I'm very sure. Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Kingbirds White-eyed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Wood Thrush (where are all of the other thrushes???) Gray Catbird Warblers: Nashville (few) Northern Parula (one heard from across the river) Chestnut-sided (one) Magnolia (few) Black-throated Blue (one) Yellow-rumped (one) Black-throated Green (heard several) Black-and-white (one) Common Yellowthroat (several) Scarlet Tanager (seen by others) Chipping Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak (everywhere!!) Indigo Bunting (several) Doreene ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. 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]