I spent an hour at each of these parks along the Olentangy River corridor this morning searching for migrants with some success. At Antrum I took the riverside trail, but the dense brush probably screened me from many warblers.  At Highbanks, I took the Coyote Trail, which was much more open and allowed me better views of most migrants, so the list from Highbanks is longer.  Notables included:

Waterfowl - no unusual ducks, but Antrum did have a Pied-billed Grebe & 5 cormorants
Raptors - nothing unusual, but I did see a Black Vulture in the vulture roost at Cremeans Water Plant (Morse Rd east of I-270)
Hummers - 2-3 at each park, so they're still around in numbers

Flycatchers - pewees still abundant, with 8 at Antrum and 7 at Highbanks.  Antrum also had a Phoebe and Great Crested, while Highbanks had Least & Willow Flycatchers

Swallows - zip, nada, nil

Vireos - 2 Warbling were singing at Antrum, while Red eyed were numerous (3 at Antrum, 6 at Highbanks)

Red-br.Nuthatch - at least 1 was calling along the eastern loop of the Coyote Trail

Wrens,Gnatcatcher - still only Cariolias & House, with 2+ of the latter at each park.  At least 1 Gnatcatcher was still at Antrum Lake

Thrushes - Swainsons ascendant, with 5 at Antrum and 3 at Highbanks.  Highbanks also had a Veery.

Mimids - Catbirds were the only mimid, and no great #s of them (5-6 at each park).

Cedar Waxwings - flocks of 15-20 at each park

Warblers - still no picnic.  Antrum only had 4 species (Redstarts,Black-thr.Green, Blackburnian, Black-thr.Blue), while Highbanks had 8 (Parula, Tenn, Magnolias, Black-thr.Green, Blackpoll, Bay-br., Redstart, Wilson's)

Sparrows - nothing unexpected

Buntings,Grosbeaks - a single Indigo Bunting was at Antrum

Blackbirds - virtually none, with only a few grackles at each park.

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