These two parks just south of Downtown Columbus are a good barometer of migration, and they're indicating that neotropical migrants are largely gone from central Ohio.  A 2 hour hike around them this morning found plenty of later, temperate migrants, but few neotropicals.  Notables included:

Herons - still 6 Great Egrets fishing in the shallow bay above the dam, along with 2-4 Great Blue Herons

Waterfowl - not much yet, but 12 cormorants were sunning in a dead tree along the western shore above the dam, and a lone Ring-necked Duck was floating in one of the new wetland ponds beyond the rising Audubon center

Shorebirds - a flock of 25+ Kildeer was roaming the mud bar above the dam, but no other shorebirds were present

Flycatchers,swallows,swifts - only a single Pewee along the bikepath in Berliner held the spot for these aerial insectivores.  [Swifts are still around, however, since I had nearly 200 enter a school chimney in Westerville later, in the evening.]

Vireos,thrushes - a red-eyed Vireo was lingering along the path in Berliner, but no thrushes could be found in any areas along the path other than small groups of Robins.

Wrens,Kinglets - a House Wren was still around the meadow along the bikepath above the dam, while a Winter Wren lurked in the forest at Berliner.  Kinglets of both species were common.

Warblers - Yellow-rumps were the dominant warbler, the only other species being 2 Palms that were hanging around the new wetlands.

Sparrows - White-throateds and Song Sparrows were abundants, and a few Chipping and Field sparrows were in the fields around the new wetlands.

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