A bike ride through Old Ridenour Rd here in Gahanna (south of Woodside Green Park) showed migration starting to pick up steam with the mild weather and southerly winds. Neotropical migrants continue to push into central Ohio, if the species along this route are any indication. Notables in a half hour this morning included: Flycatchers - still only E.Phoebe Swallows - Rough-wings, Trees, and Barns now well-established Vireos - singing Red-eyed in several spots, along with a Yellow-throated Wrens,Gnatcatchers - House Wrens common, as were Blue-gray Gnatcatchers Thrushes - heard Wood Thrushes in several locations Mimids - Catbirds now common, an also had a single Mockingbird Warblers - 10 species, including Parula, Yellow, Nashville, Tennessee, Chesnut-sided, Black-thr.Green, Yellow-throated, Yellow-rumped (4), Blackpoll, and Prothonotary. Tanagers - 1 singing Scarlet Sparrows - Chipping & Song common; only a few White-throateds left Icterids - 1-2 singing Baltimore Orioles, along with the regular Redwings-Grackles-Cowbirds ______________________________________________________________________ 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]