I birded several parks along Alum Creek, all connected by a bikepath in this NE Columbus suburb, looking for migrants.  The woodlands along the creek here are narrow and surrounded by houses and businesses, so it's a good bottleneck for migrants.  ALthough late in the morning, there were still some interesting birds to be found. Afterwards, I hiked around the nearby Spring Creek trail in Sharon Woods MetroPark, which is actually a feeder stream for this part of Alum Creek.  Highlights were:

Flycatchers - little other than Pewees, but there were 6-8 of them

Swallows - a few Rough-wings were cruising around Otterbein Lake, along part of the bikepath here.

Vireos - few, with a Blue-headed along the bikepath, and a few Red-eyed at Spring Creek.  They seem to be ebbing away quickly.

Wrens,Kinglets - quite a few House Wrens in all areas, even in a later visit to Blendon Woods.  This may be close to their migration peak.  Also had a fisrt Winter Wren lurking in Mayne ravine alongAlum Creek.  Ruby-cr.Kinglets were at several locations, but no Golden-crowns yet.

Thrushes - plenty of Swainson's and even a few Gray-cheeked along Alum Creek

Warblers - numbers OK, but diversity slipping, with only 7 species.  Magnolias were the most common (6), followed by Redstarts and Black-thr.Greens (4 each), then Blackburnian, Blackpoll, and Chesnut-sided.  Most unusual was the first Yellow-rump of the season, which should tell you it was fairly uneventful.

Tanagers,Grosbeaks,Buntings - surprisingly none.  It's been a low-key migration for them so far.

Sparrows - even though there are plenty of meadows in the area, sparrows were restricted to the common trio of Chipping, Field, and Song, none in unusual numbers.

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