Things were somewhat slow at these two migrant traps near downtown Columbus, despite the good weather (or perhaps because of it). The Greenlawn cemetery had a few highlights, but species diversity wasn't among them, especially for warblers. Whittier park was not any better. Highlights included:
woodpeckers - nothing unexpected
flycatchers - Phoebes were at several spots in the cemetery, some building nests
swallows - Rough-winged Tree, and Cliff were all foraging around Whittier, but not in large #s
nuthatches - lots of White-breasted and 1 Red-breasted were around the cemetery
kinglets, gnatcatchers - 5-6 Ruby-crowns were around the cemetery , mostly near the Pit pond; gnatcatchers were fewer.
thrushes,mimids - a Hermit Thrush was lurking in the cemtery ravine (someone also reported a Wood Thrush here, bu we didn't see it). Several Mocking birds were singing both at the cemetery and Whittier; a Brown Thrasher was singing at the latter.
warblers - Blue-winged, Yellow-rumped, and Palm were around the Pit, while an Ovenbird was walking in the thickets of the ravine here.
sparrows - still plenty of White-throats in both spots, and also many Chipping scattered around the cemetery.
Orioles - calling Baltimores were at the cemetery (2 at the Pit) and along the Whittier bikepath.
Finches - aside from the expected House Finches and Goldfinches, the cemetery had a singing Purple Finch at the Pit.
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