A quick run through parks along the Scioto Gorge, from Kiwanis up to Twin Lakes, found lots of expected late migrants.  Yellow-rumped Warblers , White-throated Sparrows, and Golden-cr. Kinglets were abundant, and I had to work to find any lingering earlier migrants.  The itinerary included Kiwanis & Koszcuisko Parks, the O'Shaugnessy Dam and Twin Lakes.  Notables were:

Cormorants - 70-80 were fishing & flying around the lower reservoir above the dam, and others were flying downriver.
Pied-billed Grebes - 3-4 were in the reservoir just above the dam.
Great Egret - 1 was lingering around the shallow ponds of Twin Lakes Preserve
Raptors - 25 Turkey Vultures, 1 Cooper's, 2 Red-taileds, and 1 Red-shouldered Hawk all were around the dam
Sapsuckers - only 2, at Kosz and Twin Lakes.
Flycatchers - only Phoebes, but they were at every stop
WinterWrens,Golden-cr.Kinglets - widespread, with 1-2 wrens and 3-5 kinglets at every stop.
Thrushes - lots of Robins feasting on honeysuckle berries (the crop along the Gorge is good this year).  A Hermit Thrush was lurking in Kosz Park
Warblers - aside from the ever-present Yellow-rumps, there were 2 Tennessees (at the dam), 1 Cape May (at Kosz), and 1 Northern waterthrush (along the river below the dam)
Buntings - 2 Indigos were below the dam
Sparrows - widespread Songs and White-throats.  A single Swamp Sparrow was at Kiwanis
Blackbirds - very few here, with only a couple of Grackles (Kosz) and Redwings (Kiwanis)
Finches - very few of any except for House Finches

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