While birding around some areas of south Columbus, I came across a singing male Blue Grosbeak.  He was along the road into the Columbus Impound Lot, south of St.104 near Haul Rd.  Even though the large phragmites marsh here has been largely filled in by the Shelly Gravel Company, the edges remain very birdy.  There were also singing White-eyed Vireos (2), Field Sparrows, and a Mockingbird, among other more common birds, in the vicinity.

I also took up Bill Whan's suggestion and stopped by Shrum Mound, finding a clearer view of the island and a bevy of herons & cormorants.  The cormorants were over 100 birds, while the herons included 15 Great Blues, 28 Great Egrets, and 2 Green Herons.  Oddly, no shorebirds were using the adjacent mudflats, but the sludge here might be fairly anoxic and sterile.

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