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In these flush migration days of May, everyone tries to hit woods and woodlots since the most spectacular migrants are woodland birds: tanagers, grosbeaks, and of-course wood warblers.  But there are shorebirds and grassland birds also on the move, and this morning I elected to visit Glacier Ridge, a MetroPark noted for its grasslands.  It also has some pocket woodlands, so I didn't do without woodland birds; they just weren't in the abundance you might expect at big woodlands like Blendon, Blacklick, or Lawrence.  Notables included:

E,Kingbirds - 2 calling along the bikepath SE of the parking area
Red-eyed Vireos - 2-3 singing in the 3 woodlots in the vicinity
Yellow-thr.Vireo - 1 singing in the woodlot west of the parking area
SEDGE WREN - 1 singing along the north loop of the multi-purpose trail, the earliest I've ever had one in central Ohio
Brown Thrasher - 1 singing north of the windmill
Nashville Warblers - 6-8 scattered around the wood edges
Yellow-rumped - common, with 25+ in 3 different woodlots
Ovenbird - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 7-8 in the grasslands and marshes around the trail
Tanagers - both Scarlet and Summer were singing in the woodlot west of the main parking area
Field Sparrows - very common, with 15-20 singing in different field edges
Grasshopper Sparrows - 4-5 singing in the grassland areas
Savannah Sparrows - 2 singing in the grasslands north of the windmill
Henslow's Sparrow - 1 singing in the successional field SW of the parking area

No Bobolinks or Vesper Sparrows, but it was a good day to be out.

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