Date: 10/26/25 6:38 pm From: Robert Thorn <robthorn6...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Urban Scioto, 10-26: few temperate migrants
A visit to multiple areas along the Scioto River in Columbus found temperate migration stalled for a great many birds. Only cormorants seemed to be taking advantage of the mild weather to move along. I stopped at Scioto Audubon MetroPark, Long Street Dam, Watermark Lake, Quarry Lake Apartments, Quarry Trails MetroPark, and the area below Griggs Dam. (Above Griggs Dam was overrun by people watching a crew regatta, so I didn't bird there.) Notables included
Waterfowl - mallards & geese in multiple places (no surprise), but also had Green-winged Teal (4 at Scioto Audubon), Wood Ducks (9 at Long St. Dam) and Hooded Mergansers (2 at Long St. Dam) Cormorants - large flock of nearly 100 around the Greenlawn Dam at Scioto Audubon; only a few elsewhere (including a high migrating flock at Watermark Lake) Heron,Egrets -- Great Blues at multiple spots; 7 Great Egrets still around Scioto Audubon Shorebirds - nothing but a few Killdeer Gulls - small numbers of Ring-bills at several locations. 1 Herring Gull was around Griggs Dam Raptors - not much: 1 Red-shoulder at Scioto Audubon, 1 Red-tail & 1 Cooper's at Quarry Trails Woodpeckers - normal numbers of resident species; also had 1 Sapsucker at Watermark Lake Jays - surprisingly light numbers, compared with more suburban parks that are teeming with them Creeper,Kinglets - 1 Brown Creeper (Griggs) and only a couple of Ruby-cr.Kinglets Thrushes - only small groups of Robins, but they were at many locations Warblers - nothing but Yellow-rumps, and their numbers varied quite a bit at different locations Sparrows - lots of Songs and White-throated, but also had a few Fields at Scioto Audubon Blackbirds - a small flock of Red-winged Blackbirds was at Watermark Lake Finches - nothing but the expected House Finches & Goldfinches
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