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Held at home for several things, I managed to get out to the Alum Creek bikepath yesterday morning (along with nearby Ridgewood & Minerva Parks) and Rocky Fork Creek (on the east edge of Gahanna) this morning.  Both mornings had many migrants, including nice numbers of flycatchers, thrushes, and warblers.  Notables included:

Black-billed Cuckoo - an early individual was foraging in Tanager Woods Park along Alum Creek yesterday.

Crested & Least Flycatchers - numerous individuals were calling along Alum Creek yesterday and along Rocky Fork Creek today; they seem to have been held back by the poor weather in late April and are now coming through en masse.

Vireos - lots of Red-eyed, with fewer numbers of Yellow-throated, Warbling, & Blue-headed.

Thrushes - Wood Thrushes common along Rocky Fork this morning, which has deeper forests than Alum Creek.  Also had Veery & Swainsons both mornings.

Warblers - 16 sp yesterday, with the best being a PRAIRIE singing around the edge of Ridgewood Park and the first few Cape Mays in Minerva Park.  13 sp. this morning, with the interesting ones being Magnolia & Black-thr.Blue, both singing in deep forest.  On both mornings, Yellow-rumps were the most common, with Nashvilles a close second.

Buntings, Grosbeaks - many Indigo Buntings yesterday (with more open edge habitat), fewer today.  The pattern was reversed for Rose-br.Grosbeaks.

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