Two days after checking the heavily forested borrow pits area in this south Columbus park, I took some time to explore 2 more open migrant traps: the Groveport Blacklick BikePath (GBBP) and the Oxbow area of the Alum Creek bikepath. Both of these are narrow riparian corridors that enlarge a bit to offer a good stopping area for migrants. I hit the GBBP in the morning and Oxbow in the afternoon, so the former had a longer list, but the net impression was a decent fallout. Highlights in about 45 mintues at each site included: Barred Owl - 1 pair at GBBP (they've nested here before) Least Flycatcher - 1 GBBP Wood Pewee - 1-2 at each spot Crested Flycatcher - GBBP Yellow-thr.Vireo - 1 Oxbow Red-eyed Vireo - 5+ GBBP, 4 Oxbow Warbling Vireo - 5+ Oxbow House Wren - abundant at both sites Gnatcatchers - abundant at both sites Wood Thrush - 4+ at GBBP, 2+ at Oxbow Swainson's Thr - 2 at each site Gray Catbird - abundant at both Cedar Waxwings - 2 at Oxbow (FOS for me) Yellow Warbler - 3+ GBBP, 5+ Oxbow Parula - 2 singing Oxbow Nashville - 3+ GBBP, 1 Oxbow Tennessee - 2+ GBBP Bl-thr.Green - 4+ GBBP Magnolia - 3 GBBP Yellow-throated - 1 at each site Yellow-rumped - 3+ GBBP, 2 Oxbow Bay-breasted - 1 male GBBP (FOS for me) Redstart - 2+ GBBP Black&White - 1 singing GBBP N.Waterthrush - 1 singing GBBP Com.Yellowthroat - 2+ GBBP, 1 Oxbow Yellow-br.Chat - 1 singing GBBP (they've nested here) Scarlet tanager - 2 GBBP Indigo Bunting - 3+ GBBP, 2 Oxbow Rose-br.Grosbeak - 1 pair, 2 others singing GBBP E.Towhee - 5-6 GBBP, 4+ Oxbow White-throated Sparrows - 2-3 Oxbow Baltimore Orioles - 4+ GBBP, 5+ Oxbow Orchard Orioles - 2+ GBBP, 3 Oxbow ______________________________________________________________________ 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]