The Columbus Audubon hike to this MetroPark SE of Columbus found a glorious morning weather-wise, but no big fallout of migrants.  3 hours of exploring the forest paths and visiting the nature center produced a diverse list, but no great numbers.  Highlights included

Hawks - nesting Cooper's Hawk as well as perching & soaring Red-tails
Ruby-thr.Hummingbirds - several, including 1-2 visiting the feeders at the Nature center
Woodpeckers - adult Red-headed along the Beech-Maple loop, as well as a fly-by Pileated
Flycatchers - 3+ Acadian Flycatchers, including 1 very cooperative individual; Crested, Least, E.Wood Pewee, & Phoebe
Vireos - 6+ Red-eyed singing at different areas of the forest,plus 1 Yellow-throated in the parking lot
Thrushes - 8+ Wood Thrushes, plus 2 Swainsons and 1 Gray-cheeked
Mimids - plenty of Catbirds, plus 1 distant singing Brown Thrasher
Warblers - Yellow, Parula, Nashville (5), Tennessee (2), Chesnut-sided (3), Magnolia (2), Blackburnian (2), Cape May (1), Black-thr.Green (6), Black-thr.Blue (2), Yellow-rumped (8), Black&White (2), Redstart (2), Ovenbird, La.Waterthrush (1 singing along Buttonbush trail), Wilson's, Common Yellowthroat
Sparrows - E. Towhee, Field, Chipping, & Song; NO White-throats or White-crowns
Other Migrants - Scarlet tanagers (heard 3; saw 1 orange-phase), Rose-br.Grosbeak (1 at Nature Center feeders), Indigo Bunting (2-3 singing), Baltimore Oriole (1 male)

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