A lazy afternoon of birding south from Columbus turned up 63+ species -- here are a few highlights. The Darby Creek wetlands were devoid of shorebirds (perhaps due to the brief hail storm just before I arrived?) save 1 Greater Yellowlegs. Deer Creek lake held 3 Forster's Terns, 21 Bonaparte's Gulls, 2 Chimney Swifts and a few hundred swallows (Tree, Barn and NRW) plus a few dozen Purple Martins. White-crowned, Chipping, Field, and Vesper sparrows were found east of Deer Creek WA on Dick Rd. and Mouser Rd. A quick stop at Greenlawn Cemetery turned up a few good birds, including 2 Pine Warblers foraging with a flock of Chipping and Field Sparrows and a flyover Broad-winged Hawk. Photos from today can be seen at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pauljhurtado/ Good birding, Paul ______________________________________________________________________ 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]