I spent parts of the last two mornings checking out two river corridors in Columbus. Both have large parks with bikepaths leading away from them along the riparian strips adjoining the rivers.  First there was the Olentangy corridor, starting at Antrum Lake and running north into the Worthington greenway.  More recently I visited Innis Park and the new Alum Creek bikeway that runs south almost to Mock Park.  Both run through good migrant corridors, so I wanted to see and compare what was there at the very start of landbird migration.  Only a few migrants were around, but both corridors look to be good locations for the upcoming Fall. Notables included:

Wild Turkey - not seen, but I did find fresh feathers along a side trail off the Alum bikeway.  I had heard reports of them here, but it's still amazing that they could be so deep inside the Columbus urban sprawl.

Hummingbirds - 3-4 along both areas, especially around the thistles in weedy areas of the paths

Flycatchers - plenty of E.Wood Pewees, with 8-10 at both locations; Antrum Lake alone had 8.  A calling Least was in Worthington, while a Willow was along the Alum bikeway.

Vireos - a scattering of Red-eyed were at both locations, while single Warbling were still singing at Antrum Lake and along the Alum bikeway.

Swallows - steady trickle of Barn Swallows overhead at both locations.

Thrushes,Mimids - no thrushes yet (other than Robins), but plenty of Catbirds at both locations, including a fair number of juveniles.  Mockingbirds were in Worthington and along the Alum bikeway.

Warblers - scarce, but juv. Chesnut-sided were at Antrum Lake and Innis, while a single Blackburnian was at Innis.

Orioles - decent #s of Baltimores, with 4-5 calling birds, mostly males, at each location

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