I walked around the woodland trails at this MetroPark in the southeast suburbs of Columbus and found temperate migrants in fairly good numbers. In 1.5 hours I had Raptors: a pair of Cooper's Hawks and a Red-tailed Hawk, but no Barred Owl(s) Woodpeckers - LOTS, with Red-bellied highest (13-14), but also good numbers of Downies & Flickers. An adult and juvenile Red-headed were in the oaks adjacent to Ashton Pond. Flycatchers - only a single E.Phoebe, around the Nature Center Pond. BlueJays - decent #s, with 16-20 Blue-headed Vireos - at least 2 Kinglets - all Golden-crowns, totaling around 10-12 (There are few conifers here.) Hermit Thrush - one near Ashton Pond Warblers - only Yellow-rumps, and no great numbers of them (8-9) Sparrows - not many, with only a few Field, Song, and White-throated Blackbirds - a modest flock of 35-40 grackles was working through the main forest Finches - nothing other than the expected House Finches and Goldfinches The no/low shows included Brown Creeper (only 1) and Winter Wren (0), so not everything was rosy. But it was a beautiful morning to be out. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]