Brief stops at Swickard Woods in New Albany and nearby Blendon Woods found temperate migrants waning and the first few neotropicals starting to show up. Notables included: Kinglets - numbers definitely dropping, with only a few Ruby-crowned at each site Thrushes - no obvious neotropicals yet, but a Hermit Thrush was lingering at Blendon Warblers - Swickard Woods had a FOY Nashville Warbler along with a singing Pine Warbler. Blendon Woods had a singing Ovenbird (on a territory used the past 4 Summers) as well as several Yellow-rumps. Sparrows - no White-throateds at either site (which is unusual this early), but plenty of singing resident Field and Chipping Sparrows. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]