Stuck close to Columbus, I tried to see if some of the recent temperate migrant wave of sparrows & late warblers had washed into this urban corridor in north-central Columbus.  I birded from the King Ave dam north through the OSU wetland to Whetstone Park, and had good diversity of migrants.  Highlights included
-sapsuckers at several locations
-hermit thrush at Whetstone
-cedar waxwings at OSU Wetland
-house wrens at several spots
-abundant Yellow-rumped warblers
-a sweep of the eastern Vermivora warblers - Tennessee, Nashville, Orange-crowned - at Whetstone, all around the planted prairie there.  This is a very reliable spot for the latter two; the Tenn was just a bonus.  All were low, feeding around the heads of the asters and prairie plants.
-lots of White-throated Sparrows at all stops, and White-cronws at OSU wetland
-good #s of Swamp sparrows, led by 8 at the OSU wetland
-fewer of other sparrows, with Fox at OSU wetland and Chipping at Whetstone the most unusual
-plenty of Redwing blackbirds, often in high flocks flying south
-a big pile of Goldfinches hanging around the Whetstone prairie, perhaps 200+

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