I spent a few hours biking and hiking around this park in south Columbus looking for migrants.  I focused most of my attention on the Confluence and Borrow Pit areas, with a side trip over to Cruiser Pond and the Groveport Blacklick bikepath.  Landbird migrants were fairly common, but the ponds here are all still too high for much in the way of waders or shorebirds.  Highlights included:

Hummingbirds - another good day, with 10-12, despite not being near any feeders.

Woodpeckers - a pair of Red-headed Woodpeckers were trailing a juvenile at Cruiser Pond, making breeding there likely for the 2nd straight year.

Flycatchers - E.Wood Pewees still reign supreme, with 20+ birds, but I also had single Acadian & Willow flycatchers and 2-3 Great Crested Flycatchers.

Swallows - a flock of 25+ Rough-wings were hanging around Cruiser Pond, while smaller numbers of Barn Swallows were more widespread

Vireos - Red-eyed and Warbling were at several different locations; many of the Red-eyed were singing.

Gnatcatchers - 5+ was a good number for a rather late date; this is probably their last big push.

Thrushes - an early SWAINSON'S was feasting on Cherries at the Confluence area, while 1-2 Wood Thrushes were calling nearby.

Mimids - Catbirds were abundant, but 2 Brown Thrashers in the powerline scrub next to the Confluence area were more unexpected.

Cedar Waxwings - the most common bird of the morning, with small flocks everywhere, 200+ all told.

Warblers - nothing new, but a good day for Blackburnians, with 7-8.  Other species included Magnolia (5), Tennessee, Parula, Yellow=throated (2), Redstart (2-3), and Common Yellowthroat (2).

Buntings,Grosbeaks - 4-5 Indigo buntings, mostly at Confluence.  A single Rose-br.Grosbeak was also there.

Orioles - 3-4 Baltimores, at several different locations, included 2 bright males.

Blackbirds - several high early flocks of blackbirds, including some 90+ grackles at Confluence, suggest tha these birds are also feeling the change of seasons.

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