I visited several areas along Blacklick Creek (SE of Columbus ) this morning in a bid for landbird migrants. The main two spots were Reynoldsburg Civic Park and Blacklick Woods MetroPark. The former has fields and a long stretch of the creek riparian zone, now surrounded by dense housing tracts. The latter is a medium-sized forest tract, but also largely surrounded by suburban sprawl. Both had some migrants, but there was no major fallout this morning. Highlights included: Hummingbirds - several were along the wood edge at Reynoldsburg Civic, and even more were at Blacklick Woods, where the Nature Center feeder has attracted 3-5 birds. Red-br. Nuthatch - Blacklick Woods had at least 2 of them, both along the Ash-Maple loop trail. Flycatchers - lots of pewees, especially at Blacklick Woods. A single Crested was calling at Blacklick Woods as well. Vireos - only a few Red-eyed were at each location. Thrushes - Wood Thrushes appear on the move, with at least 2 at each location Mimids - Reynoldsburg Civic had all 3 species, including 3 thrashers and 25+ Catbirds Warblers - Reynoldsburg Civic held 5 species (Magnolia, Black-thr.Green, Redstart, Chesnut-sided, Wilson's), while Blacklick Woods had 4 (Magnolia, Redstart, Blackpoll, Wilsons). A Naturalist volunteer at Blacklick Woods had reported a Yellow-throated on Saturday. Grosbeaks, Buntings - heard Indigo Buntings at Reynoldsburg Civic Icterids - both spots had Grackles, but Reynoldsburg Civic also had a lingering Baltimore Oriole Reynoldsburg Civic had a better 'fallout', but I was there earlier. Niether site had much in the way of diversity of flycatchers, thrushes, or warblers. Hopefully this just means that the best is yet to come. Rob Thorn [log in to unmask] EarthLink Revolves Around You. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]