The last wave of landbird migrants was in evidence this morning at several sites around this suburb west of Columbus. I stopped at the Clover Wetlands and Spindler Park along Hellbranch Run in Hilliard, and followed with visits to Darby Bend Lakes and Sycamoer Plains at prairie Oaks MetroPark along Big Darby Creek. Waterbirds were few, but landbirds made for an interesting morning. Notables included: Waterfowl - the only unusual ducks were a pair of Gadwall at the Clover Cemetery Wetlands Grebes - Darby Bend lakes had 3 Pied-billed Grebes, but that was nearly all the waterbirds there. Brown Creepers - slow migration so far, so a few birds at Prairie Oaks were notable WinterWren - a single bird was at Sycamore Plains Trail Kinglets - Golden-crowns at many spots; 1 Ruby-crown was still at Darby Bend Lakes AmericanPipit - 1 was at Darby Bend lakes Com.Yellowthroat - a juvenile was still hanging out in the marsh at Clover Cemetery wetlands Tree Sparrow - my FOS was lurking in the new stream wetland at Spindler Park Fox Sparrow - 1 was singing in a field edge along the Sycamore Plains Trail at Prairie Oaks Juncos - small flocks were at many locations as these birds starting to arrive in bulk Purple Finch - 1 was calling along the Sycamore Plains Trail at Prairie Oaks ______________________________________________________________________ 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]