I birded several areas around 3Creeks Park in south Columbus and found a healthy dose of early temperate migrants. I stopped at the Confluence Area, the Borrow Pits area, Elk Run, and Heron Pond, and the list included: Sapsucker - at least 2 (Elk Run, Borrow Pits) N.Flickers - good numbers (12/2 hours) over all sites, with lots of calling and displaying E.Phoebe - singles at many locations, 5-6 in all over 2 hours Tree Swallows - 6 males singing & displaying at several different spots, usually around birdhouses BrownCreeper - 1 singing in the big riparian woods at the Confluence area Golden-cr.Kinglets - numbers down, but still had 5 BrownThrashers - singing birds at both the Confluence area and Borrow Pits E.Towhees - good fallout, with 12/2 hours Field Sparrows - 5-6 singing birds at several different locations Chipping Sparrows - at least 2 were singing in the pines at the Confluence Area White-throated Sparrows - small flocks of 10-12 birds at several different areas Fox Sparrows - singing or calling birds at many different locations, 6 in all Blackbirds - lots of Redwings, Grackles, & Cowbirds. No Rusties. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]