I stopped at these 2 downtown Columbus parks this morning and dodged an early rainstorm to bird them. Water levels along the river were fairly high, so only herons were well-represented. The list from 2 hours included Great Blue Herons - 12 Great Egrets - 17, mostly above the Greenlawn dam Black-cr.Night Herons - 3 adults, 1 immature, all above the Greenlawn dam Green Heron - 1 cormorants - 8-10, all along the river here Osprey - 1 hunting over bay above Greenlawn dam E.Wood Pewee - 7 - they must be starting to migrate Willow Flycatcher - 1 still in the fields north of the Grange Center at Scioto Crested Flycatcher - 2 along bikepath above dam Barn Swallows - 15+, in small groups Cliff Swallows - 2-3 in the fields north of the Grange Center Blue-gray Gnatcatchers - 7-8, also starting to move through. Warbling Vireos - 2-3 along the bikepath north of the dam Yellow Warblers - at least 2 in the fields north of the Grange Center Baltimore Orioles - 2 males at different spots along the river ______________________________________________________________________ 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]