I spent around an hour and a half in stops at several wooded parks around the eastern margin of Port of Columbus, including Whitehall Community Park, Pizzuro Park, and Price Road Park, the latter 2 in Gahanna. Because of their position along a bend in Big Walnut Creek around the airport, these parks can accumulate some strays & migrants. Today's finds included: Osprey - at least 1 was flying down Big Walnut Creek, being shadowed by a resident Red-tailed hawk Great Horned Owl- 1 was at Price Rd Park. This area is one of the last areas in urban Columbus to hold resident GHOWs Hummingbirds - 5-6. scattered over all 3 sites, which is a good number here Nighthawk - only had 1 here the prior evening. Has anyone seen big flocks this month around Columbus? Red-headed Woodpecker - an adult was at Whitehall Community Park, one of the few areas here with fair #s of oak trees. Flycatchers - nothing by E.Wood Pewees, but they were very common, with 12+ in the time span Vireos - not much, other than single singing Warbling and Red-eyed. Wrens,Gnatcatchers - 3 House Wrens and 3 Gnatcatchers was about average for this area Thrushes - a Wood Thrush was giving an alarm call at Price Rd, possibly because of the GHOW there. Warblers - a scattering of migrants, topped by 3 Black&Whites, along with single Magnolia, Blackpoll, Wilson's, and Redstart, all fall juveniles except the Black&Whites ______________________________________________________________________ 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.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]