I hiked around two areas of this MetroPark along the Darby Creeks southwest of Columbus this morning and found a fairly good fallout of temperate migrants. The areas included the Indian Ridge/Terrace Trail area and the Cedar Ridge area, both of which have a good mix of riparian forest, dry upland forest, and wet meadows. Birds were in patches, as happen in many fallouts, but the totals were decent and included: E.Kingbird - 1-2 at Cedar Ridge House Wrens - 4-5 Ruby-crowned Kinglets - 10+ widely scattered Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers - 25+, including 2 pairs defending nests Wood Thrush - single birds singing at each spot American Pipits - 2 flyovers at Indian Ridge Blue-headed Vireos - 1-2 singing at each spot Parula Warblers - 2 at Cedar Ridge Yellow-throated Warblers - 4 singing along Cobshell trail at Cedar Ridge Yellow-rumped Warblers - 60+ in several flocks Palm Warblers - 12+, mixed in with yellow-rumps Common Yellowthroat - 1 singing at Cedar Ridge (my FOS) Louisiana Waterthrush - 3+ singing along creek (2 at Cedar Ridge, 1 at Indian Ridge E.Towhees - 12+, mostly around Terrace Trail Field Sparrows - 10+, mostly around field edges along the Terrace Trail Chipping Sparrows - 12+, mostly around the Cedar Ridge picnic areas White-throated Sparrows - 80+ in several flocks ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]