I stopped at 2 isolated woodlots in this NE Columbus suburb today -- Swickard Woods and Rocky Fork MetroPark -- and found a fairly strong grounding of temperate migrants from the drizzly weather. We're near the sparrow peak, and I had 9 species at Swickard and 7 at Rocky Fork. The general list included: Raptors - a Cooper's at Swickard, a Sharpie at Rocky Fork Woodpeckers - lots of Red-bellies, Downies, & Flickers, mostly at Rocky Fork, but nothing else Blue Jays - still decent #s, with 6-8 at Swickard and 12+ at RF Blue-headed Vireo - at least 1 was calling along the Beech Loop Trail at Rocky Fork BrownCreepers - 2 at RF, one at Swickard WinterWren - only 1, at Rocky Fork Kinglets - small #s of Golden-crowns at both; a single Ruby-crown at RF BrownThrasher - 1 bird calling at Rocky Fork, right along the entrance road Robins - flocks at both spots, with 120+ at RF around the crabapples along the Beech Loop CedarWaxwings - small flocks at both, though the several flocks at RF totaled 40+ birds Warblers - only Yellow-rumps, and not very many of them Sparrows - Swickard had 9 speies around its margins (Towhee, Chipping, Field, Song, Lincolns, Swamp, White-crown, White-throat, and Junco); Rocky Fork had fewer species (7), but many more individuals, with nearly 60 birds, dominated by 30+ White-throated. Blackbirds - a few Red-winged Blackbirds were at wet meadows at both sites Finches - flocks of Goldfinches were at both sites, as were a few House Finches. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]