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.

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