The Columbus Audubon trip to these two reservoirs north of Columbus found
some expected late migrants this morning.  At Alum Creek Lake, we stopped
at the beach and Visitor's Center area and the New Galena Boat launch area,
but found little in the way of migrant fallout.  At Hoover, stops at Plumb
Rd access and the boardwalk found a god amount of mudflats, but only the
latter site had shorebirds.  Notables for the day included:

Waterfowl - no ducks other than Mallards at Alum Lake.  The Hoover
Boardwalk had a fly-by flock of 40+ Wood Ducks.

Herons,Egret - Great Blue Herons were common on the Hoover mudflats, and
there was still 1 Great Egret on the flats off the Boardwalk.

Shorebirds - Killdeer were at most sites, but the Boardwalk mudflats also
had 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 3 Pectoral Sandpipers, 1
Long-billed Dowitcher, and 30+ Dunlin

Gulls - nothing but Ring-bills in the big flock of 270+ birds on the Alum
Creek Lake beach.  Smaller groups of Ring-bills were on the mudflats at
Hoover.

Vultures - Turkey Vultures were common at every site, and New Galena and
the Boardwalk also had 2 Black Vultures each.

Blue jays - fair numbers at Alum Creek Lake (perhaps 15-20 at each site),
with fewer at Hoover

Kinglets - decent numbers of both kinds at Alum Creek Lake; Hoover had only
Ruby-crowns

Thrushes - plenty of Robins, and small groups of 3-4 E.Bluebirds at the
Alum Creek Lake sites, but the only other thrush was a Hermit heard along
the Visitors Center trails.

Warblers - nothing but Yellow-rumps, with 4-8 at each site

Sparrows - Alum Creek Lake Visitors Center area had good diversity, with
Song, Chipping, Field, White-throated, and White-crowned

Blackbirds - a flock of 120+ Redwings flew by the beach area at Alum Creek
Lake, where there were also a few grackles and cowbirds

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