I spent the morning hiking around the southern reaches of this north Columbus suburb, starting at Antrum Lake and then using the new pedestrian bridge to move over to Rush Run Park & Riverlea on the east side of the Olentangy River.  Migrants were spotty, with long stretches of no birds punctuated by small flocks.  The best area actually wasn't in a park, but was in the neighborhood of Riverlea, a tiny village squeezed between Columbus and Worthington.  Highlights included:

Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 was calling from Rush Run Park, whose dense riparian forest seems like perfect habitat.

Hummingbirds - quite a few, perhap 6-8 over a 1 1/2 hour span

Nighthawks - 2 were perched in trees over the path at Antrum Lake, oblivious to the scads of runners and cyclists passing below

Flycatchers - another red-letter day for Pewees (with 10+), but no other flycatchers were seen

Vireos - Warblings were singing at several locations , usually in cottonwoods near the river here.  3-5 Red-eyeds were in Rush Run & Riverlea

Thrushes - 3+ Swainson's were lurking in Rush Run Park

Waxwings - goods #s (40-50) but nothing like the numbers Sean saw in Delaware

Warblers - decent #s, but the dense foliage here caused me to miss about 20 of them.  Of those that I could see, the breakdown was  Magnolia (2), Chesnut-sided (2), Black-thr.Blue (2 males), Black-thr.Green (2), Cape May (4, including 2 flyovers), Blackpoll, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian (2), Redstart (4), Ovenbird (1 in Rush Run)

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