I stopped at several parks along the SciotoRiver Gorge in Dublin, and found them with good numbers of early migrants this morning. Stops at Kiwanis Park, Sawmill Wetlands, O'ShaughnessyDam, TwinLakes, Amberleigh Park, Donegal Cliffs, and Indian Run Park found lots of singing resident birds, plus TurkeyVultures - every site had some; the dam had the most with 12 Killdeer - calling birds were at several different locations Bonaparte's Gulls - none at the dam, but 36 were at Twin Lakes Sapsucker - 1 was working cottonwood trees at Donegal Cliffs Park E.Phoebes - every stop had at least one Tree Swallows - birds were jousting over boxes and cavities at Kiwanis and Twin Lakes BrownCreeper - only one, in the riparian woods at Kiwanis WinterWrens - singing birds at O'Shaughnessy Dam and Amberleigh Park Kinglets - Golden-crowns were widespread, but also had a Ruby-crown at Kiwanis CedarWaxwings - a pair were feeding on buds at Kiwanis Chipping Sparrow - singles were at Sawmill Wetlands and Twin lakes Swamp Sparrow - 1 was singing in a fen at Kiwanis Fox Sparrows - singing birds were at Sawmill, Kiwanis, and O'Shaughnessy Dam Blackbirds - Redwings, Grackles, and Cowbirds were widespread ______________________________________________________________________ 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]