I spent most of the morning biking around this south Columbus Park looking for migrants this morning.  It's still mostly temperate migrants with only a few others.  I was ablwe to bird from the Confluence area up through the Borrow Pits and Heron Pond all the way north to the Oxbow area.  Notables included:

Flickers - one of the most common woodpeckers today.  Oddly, sapsuckers were absent from the area.

Pileated Woodpecker - 1 was drumming in the Confluence area

Phoebes - 3-4, around most of the path bridges over Alum Creek

Swallows - Trees were widespread, while 2 Rough-wings were around Heron Pond, and 2 Barn were around the old Smith Farm buildings.

Vireos - 1 Blue-headed was singing along the Confluence Trail, while a FOS Warbling was singing at Heron Pond

Kinglets - 4-5 Ruby-crowns, mostly around the Confluence area; fewer Golden-crowns

Gnatcatchers - 1-2 at both the Confluence area and the Oxbow Area

Hermit Thrushes - 1 singing at Confluence, another near the Borrow Pits

Brown Thrasher - singers at several locations; 2 were along the edges at the Confluence area

Yellow-throated Warblers - good day for them, with 9 in 3 hours along the entire stretch of Alum Creek

Other Warblers - 1 Pine was singing near the Borrow Pits, and 3-4 Yellow-rumps were around the Confluence area

Sparrows - nothing unusual, though there were large #s of Field and White-throated at many areas along the trail.  6-8 Chipping were singing at the Confluence pines, a typical spot for them.

Blackbirds - lots of Redwings, Grackles, and Cowbirds, but nothing else

Meadowlarks - 1 was singing in the old farm fields of Smith Farms

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