The Columbus Audubon field trip to several spots along Big Darby Creek found a fair mix of early migrants this morning, though nothing very unexpected.  We stopped at Darby Bend Lakes, the Teal Trail, and the Nature Center area, and I stopped at Sycamore Plains trail very early in the morning before the trip.  The wetlands along the Teal Trail are pretty thoroughly grown-in, so we had little in the way of waterfowl or shorebirds.  There were several clumps of migrants along the sunny wood edges early at Sycamore Plains and Darby Bend Lakes.  Among the highlights were

Yellow-billed Cuckoo - we had a breif look at one along the RippleRock Trail at Darby Bend Lakes
Hummingbirds - oddly enough, we had 2 fly by us out on the Teal Trail, well away from any flower concentrations
Red-headed Woodpecker - an adult was in the dead snags along the RippleRock Trail at Darby Bend Lakes

Flycatchers - Pewees were everywhere & common.  An Olive-sided and an E.Phoebe were along the RippleRock Trail, while 2 Willows were along the Sycamore Plains Trail

Vireos - 8+ Warbling were scattered in trees along the RippleRock Trail, while 2 Red-eyed & 1 White-eyed were at Sycamore Plains

Wrens,Gnatcatchers - House Wrens were common, and 2 Marsh Wrens were still singing along the Teal Trail.  The only Gnatcatchers were 4 along the wood edge at Sycamore Plains Trail early.

Thrushes - little other than Robins

Mimids - only Catbirds, and not very many of them.

Cedar Waxwings - good #s, with small flocks of 10-20 birds at many places

Warblers - scarce, but the total did include 3-4 Magnolias, 2 Blackburnians, 2 Yellow-throated, 3 Redstarts, and 2 Com.Yellowthroats (the latter along the Teal Trail)

Icterids - Bobolinks were fly-bys at Darby Bend Lakes (4) and Teal Trail.  An E.Meadowlark was at Darby Bend Lakes, as were 2 Baltimore Orioles

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