Intrigued by postings about it, we visited this isolated State Nature Preserve on Saturday and were treated to loads of migrants.  The only downside was that the lower canopy of the forest was mostly leafed out, making birding-by-ear the order of the day.  Lawrence Woods is a second growth of maples coming in under some huge old oaks.  The oaks were just leafing out, but you needed a break in the thick maple canopy to see up into the crown of the big trees.  The list for an hour & a half included

woodpeckers - all the common ones, including 1 Red-headed still calling around the swamp
flycatchers - pewees, Great Crested, Least & Acadian & Willow Flycatchers, E.Kingbirds
Vireos - 1 White-eyed, 6-7 Yellow-throated, 15+ Red-eyed
Kinglets,Gnatcatchers - 3+ Ruby-crowns, 8-10 Gnatcatchers
Thrushes - 5+ Wood Thrushes, 10+ Swainson's, 1 Gray-cheek (could've been more), 1 Veery
Mimids - 6+ Gray Catbirds, 2 Brown Thrashers (in the Pin Oak Savannah at the entrance)
Warblers -  16 species, including Parula, Nashvilles (6+), Tennessee, Magnolias (5+), Chesnut-sided (10+), Blackburnians (3-4), Black-thr.Greens (5+), Black-thr.Blue, Yellow-rumps (3), AmerRedstart (6+), Black&White (3), Ovenbirds (5), N.Waterthrush (2), Hooded Warbler, Wilson's Warblers (2), ComYellowthroats (7)
Tanagers - 3-4 singing Scarlets, 1 calling Summer
Grosbeaks,Buntings - 2 singing Rose-br.Grosbeaks, 5-6 Indigo Buntings
Sparrows - a few White-trhaoteds to go with the presumably resident Fields & Songs
Orioles - 2 Baltimores, 1 Orchard

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