I took some time to visit these two parks north of Columbus today, and had migration still sputtering along. At Alum Creek Lake, I roamed around the beach and Visitors Center woods, while at Highbanks I hiked the Coyote Trail. The beach at Alum Creek Lake didn't have a godwit, but still held the Black-bellied Plover, as well as a scruffy-looking Ruddy Turnstone and 3-4 Spotted Sandpipers. Landbirds between there and Highbanks MetroPark included: -Flycatchers - multiple Wood Pewees and Great Cresteds at both spots, but the Alum Creek Lake Beach also had a few Willow Flycatchers, and Highbanks had Acadian and Leasts -Swallows - the Alum Cr.Lake Beach had Tree, Cliff, Barn, and Bank Swallows, as well as Purple Martins -Vireos - Red-eyed were the most common at both sites with 3-4 at each, while ALum Lake also had 2 Warbling, and Highbanks had a White-eyed and 2 Yellow-throated -Thrushes - Swainsons still common, with 3-4 at each site. Highbanks also had a Wood and a late Hermit thrush -Warblers - neither location had large numbers. ALum Cr. lake had 6 species, while Highbanks had 12, with the list including Yellow (5+ at Alum Beach area), Tennessees, Magnolias (4+ at Highbanks), Black-thr.Green, Yellow-rumped, Black&White, Blackburnian, Redstarts (5+ at Highbanks), Ovenbirds, LaWaterthrush, ComYellowthroats, Kentucky (1 at Highbanks) -Tanagers - Scarlets were singing at both sites, while Highbanks had a Summer tanager -Buntings,Grosbeaks - Indigo Buntings were common at both spots; also had singing Rose-br.Grosbeaks at both spots -Orioles - much quieter, with only 1-2 Baltimores at each spot. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]