Using the low traffic on Sunday morning to visit some urban parks in Columbus, I started at Berliner Park and worked my way north through Scioto Audubon, Confluence, Long St.Dam, OSU Wetland, and Whetstone Park. Nothing very unusual, but did have interesting residents, including Great Egrets - they were all over the place, with singles at every stop except Whetstone Osprey - the nest at Scioto has 2 large juveniles, while the adults are prowling the nearby Scioto river Kingfishers - 3 were along the river - at Berliner, Long St., and Whetstone Acadian Flycatchers - 2-3 were at Berliner in the riparian woods, while 1 was in the ravine at Whetstone WillowFlycatchers - 2-3 were in the fields at Scioto, while another was in the south field of Berliner Swallows - lots of adults and fledglings of Tree, Rough-winged, and Cliffs at Berliner, SCioto, and LongSt. Gnatcatchers - numbers rising on these very early migrants - I had 15+ between Scioto and Berliner Wood Thrushes - these rare residents were singing at Berliner (1) and the Whetstone ravine (1) Prothonotary Warblers - single singers were at Scioto Audubon and Berliner Parula Warbler - a female was gathering food in the riparian woods at the OSU Wetland BaltimoreOrioles - lots of big juveniles, often in the company of adults, all along the rivers here. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]