BBS Route · Ohio · BCR 22

Botkins Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 82 species recorded across 23 survey years, still active.

82Species Recorded
23Years Surveyed
19922019Span
4Observers

Bird Species Found on Ohio Botkins

Top 40 of 82 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Botkins route.
History
European StarlingSturnidae1332019-29%1994
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae1092019-26%1994
American RobinTurdidae872019-21%1994
House SparrowPasseridae612019-85%1994
Common GrackleIcteridae562019-48%1994
Song SparrowPasserellidae362019-43%1994
Canada GooseAnatidae362019+151%1998
Horned LarkAlaudidae312019-9%1994
Mourning DoveColumbidae292019-20%1994
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae262019+91%1994
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae252019+114%1994
KilldeerCharadriidae242019-17%1994
Rock PigeonColumbidae242019+55%1994
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae232019+27%1994
Barn SwallowHirundinidae222019-21%1994
Chimney SwiftApodidae202019-30%1994
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae172019-44%1994
Turkey VultureCathartidae152019+527%1996
Purple MartinHirundinidae112019+380%1998
Northern CardinalCardinalidae102019+67%1994
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae92019-3%1994
MallardAnatidae72019+629%1994
DickcisselCardinalidae72019+179%1996
Yellow WarblerParulidae72019+350%2002
Great Blue HeronArdeidae62019-38%1994
American GoldfinchFringillidae62019-52%1994
Warbling VireoVireonidae62018+180%2002
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae52019+111%1995
Blue JayCorvidae52019-21%1994
American CrowCorvidae52018-84%1994
Tree SwallowHirundinidae52019+325%2000
American KestrelFalconidae42019-27%1994
Savannah SparrowPasserellidae42019-82%1994
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae42019+15%1995
Common YellowthroatParulidae42019+120%1994
Gray CatbirdMimidae42019+350%1994
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae42019+75%2000
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae32019-17%1995
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae32019-44%1995
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocoracidae31998n/an/a

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22. A route is a sample, not a census.