BBS Route · Ohio · BCR 22

Kenton Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 90 species recorded across 43 survey years, still active.

90Species Recorded
43Years Surveyed
19662024Span
6Observers

Bird Species Found on Ohio Kenton

Top 40 of 90 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Kenton route.
History
European StarlingSturnidae1882024+36%1968
Mourning DoveColumbidae842024+631%1968
American RobinTurdidae782024+674%1968
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae662024-25%1968
Rock PigeonColumbidae372013+500%1968
Song SparrowPasserellidae372024+12%1968
KilldeerCharadriidae362024+900%1968
House SparrowPasseridae342024-12%1968
Barn SwallowHirundinidae322024+983%1968
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae302013+300%1987
Blue JayCorvidae272024+633%1971
American GoldfinchFringillidae262024+500%1968
Northern CardinalCardinalidae262024+600%1969
American CrowCorvidae242024+171%1968
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae222024+369%1968
Horned LarkAlaudidae182024+43%1968
Vesper SparrowPasserellidae182013-27%1968
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae17202413×1968
Common GrackleIcteridae152024+276%1968
Field SparrowPasserellidae152024+480%1968
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae132024+442%1968
Turkey VultureCathartidae112024+575%1971
Common YellowthroatParulidae112024+356%1973
Gray CatbirdMimidae102024+350%1969
Tree SwallowHirundinidae102024+188%1992
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae82024-51%1968
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae82024+356%1968
Warbling VireoVireonidae82013+167%1969
Yellow WarblerParulidae72013+325%1971
Canada GooseAnatidae72024-26%1992
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae62024+175%1968
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae62013+200%1989
Orchard OrioleIcteridae62013-20%1989
Baltimore OrioleIcteridae52024+220%1971
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae52013+125%1971
Willow FlycatcherTyrannidae42013+20%1969
Green HeronArdeidae42013+100%1973
Chimney SwiftApodidae42024+0%1969
MallardAnatidae42013+60%1971
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae42024+100%1991

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