On the back loop of the pet trail at Highbanks Metro Park this morning, I observed a total of 11 Fox Sparrows moving around with House Finches. It was a good sparrow day with song/field/swamp/white-throated and white-crowned also present. Good numbers of migrant Yellow-rump warblers are still present but others migrants appear to be waning including kinglets, sapsuckers and creepers. Junco numbers still seem low to me as I only saw a few at Highbanks (no flocks) and have just 1 in my backyard where a consistent group of Red-winged blackbirds have been singing this weekend. I was in lower Michigan earlier this week (about 1 hour north of South Bend, IN) and observed large flocks of Juncos, Tree Sparrows and Winter Wrens (yes a flock of over 20 in a buttonbush swamp!) so I think the next NW front may bring them to central OH in larger numbers. I had just 1 Winter Wren at Highbanks this morning. Directions to Highbanks are at www.metroparks.net and park information is on the OOS web site. The Commit to be Fit hike is at Highbanks at 1 PM tomorrow so go early if you want some quiet time on the trails. Ken Davis Westerville, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]