I visited these 2 MetroParks south of Columbus this morning in a winter-like chill, with winter-like birds to show for it. Though the temperatures stayed in the 20s and low 30s, no ponds or creeks were frozen, and waterfowl were fairly interesting. Notables included: swans - 6 Mutes were scattered around Pick Ponds, but 3-Creeks had a single confused Trumpeter on Heron Pond Dabblers - the northern pools of Pick Ponds (Greenwing, MallardMarsh, ArrowheadMarsh) had decent flocks of Mallards and Shovelers, along with a few Green-winged Teal and Gadwalls Divers - small groups of Scaup and RingNecks were around Pick Ponds, with 35 Scaup at Ellis Pond the high Mergansers - only Hoodies, but they were in many places. 35 on Ellis Pond was the high. Other Waterfowl - Coots were the most common waterbird at Pick Ponds, and a few were at 3-Creeks as well. Heron Pond there also had 4 Pied-billed Grebes. Sandhill Cranes - 3 at Pick Ponds, with a single at Mallard Marsh and a pair at Arrowhead Raptors - Cooper's and Red-tails at many locations. Arrowhead Marsh also had an adult Bald Eagle Sapsucker - 1 was around the Confluence area of 3-Creeks E.Phoebes - 4 were scattered around several areas at 3-Creeks; another was at Portman Park north of Pick Ponds TreeSwallows - a few were at Cruiser Pond near 3-Creeks and around Mallard Marsh at Pick Ponds Tree Sparrows - still quite a few lingering at Pick Ponds, with 10+ hanging around the Glacier Knoll feeder, and 1-2 at several other areas. Fox Sparrow - 1 was singing near the Alum Creek Trail footbridge at Heron Pond in 3-Creeks ______________________________________________________________________ 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]