With the last big waves of migrants upon us, I visited several traps SE of Columbus, focusing on two groups of parks. The first group involved small woodlots & streamsides around Pickerington, including the Lakeview Woods, the Arrowhead Trail at Pick Ponds, and Portman Park. None had a heavy fallout, but Portman did have good diversity. The other group involved the Big Walnut Greenbelt in Columbus & Whitehall, focusing on Big Walnut Park in the former and Community Park in the latter. This riparian strip had more migrants, although the diversity wasn't any better than the woodlots. Migrants included: Hummingbirds - several were present, with individuals at almost every stop. Woodpeckers - plenty of Downy & Red-bellied nests, especially at Portman and Big Walnut. Pileateds were calling in both the parks along Big Walnut. Flycatchers - Pewees calling at every stop (as one of the most common migrants of the morning). Acadian at Pickerington, Big Walnut & Whitehall Least calling at Portman & Big Walnut Willows calling at Arrowhead & Portman Great Cresteds calling at Portman, Big Walnut & Whitehall E.Kingbirds at Arrowhead trail Vireos - Warbling at Lakeview,Portman, and Big Walnut Red-eyed at every stop, usually in numbers Thrushes & Mimids - Swainson's at Big Walnut & Whitehall (they must like big forest patches) Wood Thrushes at every stop Catbirds at every stop Mockingbird at Portman Warblers - Redstarts - most common warbler of the morning, at all stops in good numbers. Chesnut-sided - 2nd most common, with 2-3 at each stop Magnolia - 3rd most common, with 1-2 at each stop Yellow - singing birds at most stops, often on territory Parula - singing at Big Walnut Nashville - singing at Portman Black-thr.Green - 2 at Lakeview, 1 at Portman Yellow-throated - 3 at Portman, singles at Big Walnut & Whitehall Black&White - singing at Portman Blackburnian - singles at many sites Bay-breasted - 1 at Portman Blackpoll - singing at Lakeview, Portman, and Big Walnut Wilsons - singles at almost every stop C.Yellowthroat - common at Arrowhead Trail & Portman Scarlet Tanagers - singing at Lakeview, Portman, and Whitehall (3) Summer Tanager - one singing at Big Walnut, where they are rare Rose-br.Grosbeaks - singing at most stops, but nowhere common Indigo Buntings - singing at every stop, most common 'migrant' of morning Lincoln's Sparrow - a single lurking at Portman Baltimore orioles - singles at every stop; nest-building at Lakeview, Portman, and Big Walnut Orchard oriole - singing on territory at Arrowhead Trail Generally, it was a very birdy morning, with lots of singing residents and migrants at every stop. The mix of late warblers and flycatchers suggests that we're in the final parts of migration, but should still get good numbers over the next few days. Tomorrow we'll hunt better traps: 3-Creeks and Greenlawn. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]