A bike ride through Old Ridenour Rd here in Gahanna (south of Woodside Green Park) showed migration starting to pick up steam with the mild weather and southerly winds.  Neotropical migrants continue to push into central Ohio, if the species along this route are any indication.  Notables in a half hour this morning included:

Flycatchers - still only E.Phoebe
Swallows - Rough-wings, Trees, and Barns now well-established
Vireos - singing Red-eyed in several spots, along with a Yellow-throated
Wrens,Gnatcatchers - House Wrens common, as were Blue-gray Gnatcatchers
Thrushes - heard Wood Thrushes in several locations
Mimids - Catbirds now common, an also had a single Mockingbird
Warblers - 10 species, including Parula, Yellow, Nashville, Tennessee, Chesnut-sided, Black-thr.Green, Yellow-throated, Yellow-rumped (4), Blackpoll, and Prothonotary.
Tanagers - 1 singing Scarlet
Sparrows - Chipping & Song common; only a few White-throateds left
Icterids - 1-2 singing Baltimore Orioles, along with the regular Redwings-Grackles-Cowbirds

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