The Columbus Audubon trip to Dublin this morning found a cool, cloudy morning with a steady movement of temperate migrants along the Scioto River corridor in this northwest Columbus suburb. We stopped at Kiwanis Park, Indian Run Park, Donegal Cliffs Park, and the O'Shaughnessy dam/Glick Park. Nothing extraordinary, but good looks at many temperate migrants. Notables included: Wood Ducks - 2+ pairs at Donegal CLiffs Cormorants - 25+ above the dam (or flying over) at O'Shaugnessy dam Cooper's Hawks - a very human-adapted pair building a nest right along the trail at Indian Run Red-tailed Hawks - pairs at Donegal Cliffs and Sawmill Preserve (where I stopped early) Sapsuckers - numbers at every stop, led by 4 at Donegal Cliffs and 3 at Glick Park (south of O'Shaughnessy dam) Flickers - also moving through in numbers, with 2+ at every stop. Pileated Woodpecker - 1 heard at Donegal CLiffs, but we weren't lucky enough to see it. Phoebe - singles at Kiwanis, Indian Run, and Glick Park Tree Swallows - 10+ fussing over dead snag cavities at Kiwanis Rough-winged - 6+ flying around the rocky slopes just below the O'Shaughnessy dam Winter Wren - 1 heard briefly along the gorge wall at Glick Park. Brown Creeper - 1-2 at every stop Golden-cr.Kinglets - numerous; the most common small landbird of the morning Ruby-cr.Kinglet - a single bird at Kiwanis (later, I had another in a brief stop upstream at Scioto Park). Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 bird far up the trail at Indian Run E.Bluebirds - pairs at Donegal Cliffs and Glick Park Hermit Thrush - 1 bird posing for us along the trail at Donegal Cliffs Brown Thrasher - 1 bird singing in a bush in the old quarry at Donegal Cliffs Yellow-rumped warblers - 2+ at Glick Park, 1 in good plumage Chipping Sparrow - widespread, singing at many locations White-throated Sparrows - small flocks at Kiwanis, Indian Run, & Donegal Cliffs Fox Sparrow - disappointingly scarce; heard 1 singing briefly at Kiwanis The morning was almost as defined by what we didn't find. There were no Yellow-throated Warblers at any of the stops, nor could we find the Prothonotary reported from Kiwanis recently. Possibly these were migrants that have moved through already. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]