I spent several hours around the southern end of Alum Lake (North of Columbus) this morning looking for migrants. I focused most of my effort around the shoreline traps at New Galena, Plumb Rd, and the Visitor's Center. Warblers and Thrushes appeared to have a good movement with lesser numbers of vireos & flycatchers. Waterbirds and raptors were virtually absent, other than the usual large pile of Ring-billed Gulls loitering on the beach (350 this morning). Highlights included:
woodpeckers - 6-8 flickers was a good number for a species that will be a more common migrant in 1-2 weeks, while a Pileated at New Galena was unusual due to the lack of mature forest here
flycatchers - not many, with 3-4 Pewees as the standouts, along with single Phoebes & Acadian
swallows - also low, with only 4-5 Rough-wings flying around off the beach
Vireos - 2-3 red-eyes were at each location, while single Warbling was at New Galena and a solitary Blue-headed was at the Visitor's center. New Galena had 3 still-singing White-eyed Vireos.
Thrushes - good numbers of Swainson's Thrushes at all locations, which is surprising given the lack of dens woods here. Single Gray-cheeks were at New Galena and Plumb Rd.
Mimids - Catbirds were abundant at New Galena (40+), but merely numerous at other locations. 2 Brown Thrashers were lurking in the scrub south of the Visitor's center, along with a pair of Mockingbirds.
Cedar Waxwings - good numbers, especially at Plub Rd which had 120+
Warblers - 10 species, but no exceptional numbers. Redstarts (8) and Blackpolls (8) were most numerous, followed by Magnolias and Black-thr.Greens. Others were Nashville, Tennessee, Cape May, Bay-breasted, Ovenbirds, Common Yellowthroats
Grosbeaks,Buntings - 2 Rose-br.Grosbeaks were always welcome, but no buntings were found
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