Greetings! I spent a few hours at one of the newer Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks, Rocky Fork. (I actually work there, but I was off today!) There is mixed habitat such as some woods, some meadow, some shrub/scrub/small tree areas, and open roadsides. The most productive area was the off-leash pet trail, where warblers were easily found in the medium sized trees and openings. I was surprised at the lack of thrushes, tanagers, and flycatchers. But the diversity of birds was still nice. I will definitely continue to spend some time birding this park and look forward to new finds as the seasons/years go by. My ebird list is below. Andrea Krava Senior Naturalist - Blendon Woods and Rocky Fork Metro Parks Rocky Fork Metro Park, Franklin, Ohio, US May 10, 2017 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) Comments: Off leash pet trail, Beech Woodland Trail, North Meadow Trail, and roadways 57 species Mallard 1 Black Vulture 1 Turkey Vulture 7 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Sandhill Crane 1 Flyover (calling) North Meadow Trail Mourning Dove 2 Black-billed Cuckoo 1 Chimney Swift 12 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 Eastern Kingbird 2 White-eyed Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 5 Blue Jay 6 American Crow 2 Tree Swallow 3 Barn Swallow 3 Carolina Chickadee 4 Tufted Titmouse 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 House Wren 1 Carolina Wren 2 Eastern Bluebird 2 Wood Thrush 1 American Robin 8 Gray Catbird 5 European Starling 4 Cedar Waxwing 1 Ovenbird 1 Northern Waterthrush 1 Nashville Warbler 4 Common Yellowthroat 1 Northern Parula 3 Magnolia Warbler 1 Bay-breasted Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Black-throated Green Warbler 6 Wilson's Warbler 1 Field Sparrow 10 Song Sparrow 12 Eastern Towhee 2 Northern Cardinal 8 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3 Indigo Bunting 2 Bobolink 1 Heard only, singing by pond in North Meadow Trail Red-winged Blackbird 15 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Common Grackle 6 Brown-headed Cowbird 8 American Goldfinch 4 House Sparrow 1 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/ch ecklist/S36716114 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]