Today, while birding the Mirror Lake and South Oval area (aka "Mirror Hollow"), I had a Clay-colored Sparrow fly down and land right in front of me on the steps of the Browning Amphitheater. Not exactly the location I'd expect to pick up that particular bird for the state, but this area is really THE magnet for migrants that find themselves in the vicinity of main campus. The woods just east of the amphitheater Photos of the Clay-colored, and a complete checklist of other birds (Cape May, Hooded, Blue-winged, Northern Waterthrush, etc.) at: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18237117 Other birds that have been here lately (Woodcock, Whip-poor-will, various warblers, etc.) can be reviewed via the eBird Hotspot Explorer: http://ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L1150366 Good birding, -Paul Hurtado PS: If you try and bird this area, the nearest paid parking is probably the Neal Ave or the south edge of campus, as well as most parking garages near the medical center (maybe the garage by the student union as well). Free parking? Maybe Lennox Center across 315 (take John Herrick Ave east to Mirror Lake) or somewhere east of High St. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]