I stopped at two different sites in Gahanna (NE Columbus suburb) - the Big Walnut Creek Greenbelt and Gahanna Woods - and found that migration has definitely taken a turn for the temperate.  Along the Greenbelt it was difficult to find any neotropical migrants, and Gahanna Woods only had one small flock that had some.  The landscape was more populated by temperate migrants - hermit thrushes, kinglets, blackbirds, and sparrows.  Notables included:

Flycatchers - almost all gone, save for an E.WoodPewee at Gahanna Woods
Wrens - Winter Wrens were at the Greenbelt and in Gahanna Woods
Kinglets - both species were in small #s at both sites
Thrushes - the Greenbelt still had 1 Swainson's, but Gahanna Woods only had 3 Hermits
Mimids - a few Catbirds were at both sites, probably encouraged to stay by a good berry crop.  The Greenbelt also had a Brown Thrasher
Warblers - Yellow-rumpeds were the only warbler at the Greenbelt, and the dominant one at Gahanna Woods.  The Woods also had single Tennessee and Bl-thr.Green
Sparrows - both sites had an uptick of Song Sparrows, as well as small flocks of White-throateds and single Swamp Sparrows
Blackbirds - the Greenbelt had migrating flock of Redwings early, while Gahanna Woods had a noisy flock of 120+ Grackles foraging in the south end of the forest
Finches - the Greenblet had my FOS Pine Siskin, calling high in a Spruce Tree

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