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2009 Results: Ohio

Other years: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

See list of localities in Ohio with reports.


Species [taxonomic]
[alphabetic]
Number of Birds   Number of Checklists
Reporting the Species
Greater White-fronted Goose 1       1      
Snow Goose 31       12      
Cackling Goose 3       2      
Canada Goose 26,325       1,045      
Mute Swan 90       26      
Trumpeter Swan 27       9      
Tundra Swan 290       12      
Wood Duck 68       21      
Gadwall 55       9      
American Wigeon 38       9      
American Black Duck 1,173       36      
Mallard 5,997       425      
Blue-winged Teal 4       1      
Northern Shoveler 18       8      
Northern Pintail 84       8      
Green-winged Teal 29       7      
Canvasback 419       22      
Redhead 194       26      
Ring-necked Duck 162       19      
Greater Scaup 16       2      
Lesser Scaup 64       12      
Surf Scoter 4       1      
Long-tailed Duck 5       1      
Bufflehead 101       15      
Common Goldeneye 83       12      
Hooded Merganser 191       25      
Common Merganser 274       10      
Red-breasted Merganser 18       2      
Ruddy Duck 15       2      
Ring-necked Pheasant 23       7      
Wild Turkey 1,142       77      
Northern Bobwhite 5       2      
Pied-billed Grebe 5       4      
Horned Grebe 1       1      
Red-necked Grebe 1       1      
Double-crested Cormorant 8       3      
Great Blue Heron 200       105      
Black-crowned Night-Heron 20       2      
Black Vulture 242       5      
Turkey Vulture 294       97      
Bald Eagle 107       58      
Northern Harrier 42       31      
Sharp-shinned Hawk 88       76      
Cooper's Hawk 296       266      
Red-shouldered Hawk 155       121      
Red-tailed Hawk 696       434      
Rough-legged Hawk 44       22      
American Kestrel 124       82      
Merlin 8       5      
Peregrine Falcon 5       5      
American Coot 157       9      
Sandhill Crane 43       5      
Killdeer 55       22      
American Woodcock 13       4      
Little Gull 5       2      
Ring-billed Gull 10,947       76      
Herring Gull 2,970       47      
Iceland Gull 1       1      
Lesser Black-backed Gull 10       4      
Glaucous Gull 4       2      
Great Black-backed Gull 199       9      
Rock Pigeon 1,709       142      
Mourning Dove 10,241       1,920      
Barn Owl 6       5      
Eastern Screech-Owl 21       19      
Great Horned Owl 49       38      
Snowy Owl 5       3      
Barred Owl 49       35      
Long-eared Owl 1       1      
Short-eared Owl 1       1      
Belted Kingfisher 52       45      
Red-headed Woodpecker 181       119      
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2,092       1,391      
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 61       48      
Downy Woodpecker 3,877       1,905      
Hairy Woodpecker 1,074       691      
Northern Flicker 376       222      
Pileated Woodpecker 309       246      
Eastern Phoebe 5       2      
Blue Jay 4,553       1,606      
American Crow 12,253       1,297      
Horned Lark 438       46      
Tree Swallow 2       2      
Carolina Chickadee 2,845       838      
Black-capped Chickadee 4,571       1,312      
Tufted Titmouse 3,763       1,581      
Red-breasted Nuthatch 351       213      
White-breasted Nuthatch 2,870       1,506      
Brown Creeper 107       94      
Carolina Wren 774       477      
Winter Wren 117       38      
Golden-crowned Kinglet 21       12      
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7       6      
Eastern Bluebird 893       242      
Hermit Thrush 4       4      
American Robin 5,434       907      
Gray Catbird 1       1      
Northern Mockingbird 122       89      
Brown Thrasher 1       1      
European Starling 22,058       1,155      
American Pipit 1       1      
Cedar Waxwing 315       32      
Yellow-rumped Warbler 25       14      
Pine Warbler 3       3      
Eastern Towhee 202       113      
American Tree Sparrow 3,473       693      
Chipping Sparrow 17       10      
Field Sparrow 591       107      
Vesper Sparrow 4       2      
Lark Sparrow 1       1      
Savannah Sparrow 27       11      
Fox Sparrow 73       33      
Song Sparrow 1,539       609      
Swamp Sparrow 33       13      
White-throated Sparrow 1,122       387      
White-crowned Sparrow 381       144      
Dark-eyed Junco 11,144       1,933      
Lapland Longspur 6       3      
Snow Bunting 89       13      
Northern Cardinal 12,028       2,585      
Dickcissel 1       1      
Red-winged Blackbird 3,123       226      
Eastern Meadowlark 18       8      
Rusty Blackbird 363       28      
Common Grackle 3,720       365      
Brown-headed Cowbird 1,041       114      
Purple Finch 1,222       343      
House Finch 6,899       1,471      
Red Crossbill 16       5      
White-winged Crossbill 144       18      
Common Redpoll 244       43      
Pine Siskin 4,192       365      
American Goldfinch 13,935       1,727      
Evening Grosbeak 78       6      
House Sparrow 17,909       1,767      
Total 218,962             

A total of 135 species were reported.

See list of localities in Ohio with reports.

This report was updated 15-Mar-2009 16:25 ET. Bird checklists submitted to GBBC are included on these results within about 2 hours of submission.