I visited the southeast corner of Alum Lake for two hours this morning, focusing on the New Galena area looking for migrants. Water birds were almost non-existant, what with the opening of the early waterfowl season. Landbirds did a good job of filling the gap, however, with several migrant flocks scattered around the point and trails at New Galena. Highlights included: Woodpeckers - surprising amount, given that this site has few large trees. This included 5 Downies, 3 Red-bellies, 1 Hairy, and 4 Flickers. No Red-headed, however. Flycatchers - low, with only a Phoebe and a Least Flycatcher for the morning Swallows - mostly gone, save for an early flock of 6 Barn Swallows heading south over the dam. Vireos - decent #s, with 5 Warbling, 3 White-eyed, and 1 Red-eyed Red-br.Nuthatch - another early one, this one an obvious migrant far from any conifers Thrushes - aside from the expected 30-40 Robins, there was also a Wood Thrush and a Swainson's Thrush Mimids - no thrashers, but 32+ Catbirds was a nice total for the morning. Cedar Waxwings - several small flocks, perhaps 40 birds total. The berry crop is pretty meager here, so they were mostly flyovers. Warblers - Magnolia, Blackpoll (2), Blackburnian (2), Cape May (2), Yellow-throated (1), Redstart (2), Wilson's (2). Common Yellowthroat (2) Other Migrants - 4-5 Rose-br.Grosbeaks, 1 Scarlet Tanager Icterids - flyover Bobolinks (3), Redwings (6), and Grackles (4) livened up the morning sky. The latter two will have big flocks going over by the end of the month. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]