I spent much of the morning in parks along the Scioto River here, and the
recent cold temps have started to drive birds into this long gorge along
the River in Dublin.  I stopped at O'Shaughnessy Dam, Twin Lakes,
Amberleigh Park, Donegal Cliffs, and Kiwanis (joined by Brian Ellyson at
these last 2 spots), and found many more birds down along the river than
away from it.  The dam, Amberleigh, and Kiwanis, especially, had
concentrations of birds.  Included were;

waterfowl - not much beyond Mallards and geese, but a few Hooded Mergansers
were at several areas

Herons - Great Blues were at many spots along the river; the roost below
the dam had at least 10 birds early in the morning.

Bald Eagles - an immature flew past at Kiwanis, and an adult was a bit
further up river

Hawks - Kiwanis had 1 Red-shouldered and 2 Red-tails, while Donegal Cliffs
had 1 Cooper's

BrownCreepers - scarce; could only find one (at Donegal Cliffs)

Wrens - LOTS of Carolinas, along with 2 Winter Wrens: 1 at Amberleigh,
another at Kiwanis

E.Bluebirds - small numbers at several different stops, never more than 3.

AmericanRobins - flocks at several places, working over the last of the
honeysuckle berries, as well as foraging for bugs and fallen fruits in the
leaf litter.

Cedar Waxwings - small flocks in many places; biggest was 40+ next to the
Emerald Pkwy bridge

Warblers - only Yellow-rumps, but had 1-2 at many different spots.

Sparrows - nothing out of the ordinary, but lots of flocks of White-throats
along the river

Blackbirds - not a single bird was seen in this area

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