I stopped at several parks in this NW Columbus suburb this morning, looking for patches of migrants.  Because of the attractiveness of leafing oaks for many of these insect-eaters, I stopped at Sawmill Wetlands and was rewarded with a good fallout.  Nearby Kiwanis Riverside Park also had migrants, but in smaller numbers.  West of Kiwanis, the isolated oak grove at Heather Glen Park also had a good crop of migrants, so oaks really are the current magnet for many of these Birds.  Notables this morning included:

Crested Flycatchers - birds at all 3 locations
Blue-headed Vireos - 2 at Sawmill, 1 at Kiwanis, 3 at Heather Glen
Warbling Vireo - birds at all 3 sites
Red-eyed Vireo - 1 singing at Heather Glen
House Wrens - singers at all 3 sites, though Kiwanis had 4+
Gnatcatchers - common at all 3 sites, with 4-5 birds at each.
Ruby-cr.Kinglets - 2-3 at all 3 sites
Hermit Thrush - 1 still hanging out at Heather Glen
Gray Catbirds - 2-3 at each of the 3 sites
Blue-winged Warbler - 1 at Sawmill
Yellow Warblers - all 3 sites, but Kiwanis had 3-4 while the other sites had 1 each
Nashville Warbler - 2-3 at Sawmill & Kiwanis, 5 at Heather Glen
Tennessee - 1 singing at Sawmill
Chesnut-sided - 2 at Sawmill, 1 at Heather Glen
Blackburnian - 1 at Sawmill, 2 at Heather Glen
Black-thr.Green - 2 at Sawmill, 4 at Heather Glen
Yellow-throated - 2 at Kiwanis (the only riparian site)
Yellow-rumped - most common at all 3 sites; Sawmill had 15+
Palm - present at all 3 sites; Sawmill had 4, the other sites 1 each
Black&White - 2 at Sawmill and at Heather Glen
Redstart - 1 at Heather Glen
Hooded Warbler - 1 at Heather Glen
Ovenbirds - all 3 sites, but Heather Glen had 2.
ComYellowthroat - 1 at Sawmill, 2 at Kiwanis
Scarlet Tanager - 1 at Sawmill
Rose-br.Grosbeak - single males at both Sawmill and Heather Glen
Swamp Sparrows - 2 were at Kiwanis
White-throated Sparrows - small flocks were at all 3 sites
Baltimore Orioles - 1-2 were at every site
Orchard Orioles - 1 1st-year male and a female were at Kiwanis

All of these totals were from stops of only 30 minutes at each spot.  In the forest patches at Sawmill & Heather Glen, you could hear lots of singing warblers as you approached the leafing-out oak trees.  If you have any oak-dominated forests nearby, you might want to check them over the upcoming week.

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