I visited the nether reaches of Inniswood MetroPark, then scooted over to south Hoover to search for gulls, waterfowl, and any other strays. When it's windy like today, finding wind-less lee areas is crucial for migrants. The area below Hoover dam offers one such lee; so does the eastern edge of Inniswood park. The latter can be accessed by a little-known 1/4 mile bikepath that winds around the southern and eastern edges of the park before turning out to Sunbury Rd at Central College St. There's even a neat little forest pond along the route. Today the bikepath was sheltered, and hopping with birds. Notables included: Woodpeckers - everything except Red-headed, including 2 Sapsuckers and 1 Pileated Flycatchers - Phoebe, 3 Wood Pewees, 1 Least Flycatcher Vireos - 1 Philadelphia & 1 Blue-headed Thrushes - 6 Swainson's, 3 Gray-cheeked, 1 Hermit Mimids - 8 Catbirds, 2 brown Thrashers Warblers - 12 species: Parula, Tenn., Magnolia (6), Chesnut-sided, Black-thr.Green (4), Yellow-rumped, Blackpoll, Bay-breasted, Black&White, Redstart (8), Ovenbird, Hooded Others - Rose-br.Grosbeak (2), Scarlet Tanager (1), White-thr.Sparrow (1) Hoover was very windy, but had little in the way of strays. The gravel bars at Walnut St. Boat launch and off Area E had a total of 360+ Gulls, all Ring-billed. Other than 10 cormorants and 3-4 Pied-billed Grebes, the only notable waterfowl were a flock of Coots at Area F. Flocks of Chimney Swifts (20) and Tree Swallows (25) were at the dam and at Area F, respectively. Area E added 2 more warbler species: a Cape May and a Palm; this is a very reliable spot for migrating Palm warblers. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]