I spent several hours this morning birding around the Alum Creek corridor, starting up at the lower part of Alum Creek Lake (the Visitors' Center area and New Galena) and working down to Sharon Woods Metropark (about 4 miles downstream). The cold front pushed out quite a few birds, but also dropped a load of late temperate migrants into central Ohio. Notables included:
Cormorants - a large flock of 230 flew south over Alum creek dam early
Other waterfowl - negligible, with only a few geese and mallards
Shorebirds - Golden Plovers present earlier in week around beach were gone; only a few kildeer left
Gulls - 330 Ring-bills on Alum Creek Lake beach, along with 12 Herring. 1 Bonapartes fishing offshore
Raptors - hardly any, with Sharpie at New Galena and Cooper's Hawk at Sharon Woods
Woodpeckers - movement of Flickers at ACL, with 11/ 2 hours. Sapsucker (FOS) at Sharon Woods
Flycatchers - late-ish Wood Pewee at New Galena overshadowed by 4 Phoebes and 1 Willow/Alder at SharonWoods
Vireos - scarce; Blue-headed at New Galena; Red-eyed at Sharon Woods
Blue Jays - only modest movement, with 40 / 2 hours at Alum creek Lake
Wrens - FOS Winter Wren at New Galena; House Wrens at every stop.
BrownCreeper - first 2 migrants at New Galena (ACL)
Kinglets - first big push, with 10+ Ruby-cr. and 2 Golden-cr. at New Galena. 6 and 2 of each at SharonWoods as well.
Thrushes - 6-8 E.Bluebirds flew south over the dam. There were modest flocks of 40-50 Robins at both the visitor's center area and New Galena. The lone Swainson's Thrush was at Sharon Woods.
Mimids - steep decline in Catbirds at ACL, with only 5 along the trails at New Galena. Brown Thrashers were at both New Galena and the Visitor's Center area at ACL
Warblers - Nice fallout, with lots of birds in lee areas at all 3 main sites. 15 species included:
Nashville - abundant, with 8-10 at ACL, 6 at SW
Tennessee - 4+ at ACL, 3 at SW;
Magnolia - 1 at SW;
CapeMay - 1 at ACL;
Chesnut-sided - 1 at ACL, 1 at SW;
Black-thr.Blue - male at SW;
Black-thr.Green - 6 at ACL; 5 at SW;
Yellow-rumped - first big influx, with 12+ at ACL; 8+ at SW
Palm - 4 at ACL, 2 at SW
Blackburnian - 1 at ACl, 2 at SW;
Blackpoll - 2 at ACL, 2 at SW
Bay-breasted - 2 at SW
Black&WHite - 1 at ACL near Visitor's Center
Redstart - 2 at ACL (New Galena), 1 at SW
ComYellowthroat - 1 at ACL, 1 at SW
Buntings,Grosbeaks - single Indigo Bunting and Rose-br.Grosbeak at Visitor's Center area of ACL
Sparrows - along with expected Chipping, Field, and Song had first big push of
White-throated Sparrows - small flocks at Visitor's Center fields of ACL and Sharon Woods
White-cr.Sparrow - 2 at Visitor's Center fields (ACL) 1 at Sharon Woods' Shrock Lake
Lincoln's Sparrow - singles at Visitors Center fields, Sharon Woods (Shrock Lake prairie)
Icterids - E.Meadowlark at Visitors Center fields; a few Redwings at every stop
Finches - no siskins yet, but Goldfinches as flyovers at New Galena, and flocking (60+) at Shrock Lake prairie at Sharon Woods.
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