I hit the 100 mark on Jan 23 with an anticlimatic Turkey Vulture flying over I-71 on my way to Spring Valley, where I picked up 2 more species. I haven't had much time for birding since then, and only picked up one more after that, the Harris's Sparrow in Holmes County.  My biggest misses (species that I spent time looking for without luck) were Glaucous Gull, Iceland Gull, and Snow Bunting, but hopefully with this cold weather I'll find them easily sometime this month. I'm not really a lister.  I couldn't keep it up for a big year or anything like that, but it was fun to leave the cameras at home for a month and get out with just my scope and binoculars. Here's the list for those who find that kind of stuff interesting :

JAN. 1 - Franklin, Pickaway, and Fayette Counties
1 - White-throated Sparrow
2 - American Goldfinch
3 - Carolina Chickadee
4 - House Sparrow
5 - Downy Woodpecker
6 - Northern Cardinal
7 - House Finch
8 - Red-tailed Hawk
9 - Belted Kingfisher
10 - Red-bellied Woodpecker
11 - CarolinaWren
12 - Mourning Dove
13 - Dark-eyed Junco
14 - American Robin
15 - Canada Goose
16 - White-breasted Nuthatch
17 - Blue Jay
18 - Mallard
19 - Herring Gull
20 - Ring-billed Gull
21 - Ring-necked Duck
22 - Hooded Merganser
23 - Rock Pigeon
24 - European Starling
25 - American Crow
26 - American Black Duck
27 - Yellow-rumped Warbler
28 - Brown Creeper
29 - Eastern Bluebird
30 - American Tree Sparrow
31 - Great Blue Heron
32 - Golden-crowned Kinglet
33 - Song Sparrow
34 - Northern Flicker
35 - Northern Harrier
36 - Horned Lark
37 - American Kestrel
38 - Bonaparte's Gull
39 - Black Vulture
40 - Pied-billed Grebe
41 - Red-breasted Merganser
42 - American White Pelican
43 - Northern Shrike
44 - Tufted Titmouse

JAN. 2 - Marion, Wyandot, and Hardin Counties
45 - Bald Eagle
46 - Tundra Swan
47 - Gadwall
48 - American Wigeon
49 - Northern Pintail
50 - Red-headed Woodpecker
51 - Eastern Meadowlark
52 - Short-eared Owl

JAN. 3 - Franklin County
53 - Common Goldeneye
54 - Northern Mockingbird

JAN. 4 - Scioto and Pike Counties
55 - Winter Wren
56 - Eastern Screech-Owl
57 - Hairy Woodpecker
58 - Pileated Woodpecker
59 - Swamp Sparrow
60 - Eastern Towhee
61 - White-crowned Sparrow
62 - Hermit Thrush
63 - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
64 - Wild Turkey

JAN. 6 - Franklin County
65 - Black-crowned Night-Heron

JAN. 7 - Lake and Cuyahoga Counties
66 - Great Black-backed Gull
67 - Double-crested Cormorant
68 - Purple Sandpiper
69 - Common Merganser
70 - Black-capped Chickadee
71 - Black Scoter
72 - Surf Scoter
73 - Bufflehead
74 - Lesser Scaup
75 - Greater Scaup
76 - White-winged Scoter
77 - Lesser Black-backed Gull
78 - American Coot

JAN. 8 - Madison County
79 - American Pipit

JAN. 9 - Franklin and Delaware Counties
80 - Northern Shoveler
81 - Snow Goose
82 - Mute Swan

JAN. 10 - Franklin and Pickaway Counties
83 - Redhead
84 - Killdeer
85 - Sandhill Crane

JAN. 11 - Lucas County
86 - Canvasback
87 - Ruddy Duck

JAN. 12 - Pickaway and Ross Counties
88 - Cooper's Hawk
89 - Great Egret
90 - Ross's Goose

JAN. 15 - Franklin County
91 - Merlin

JAN. 16 - Muskingum County
92 - Green-winged Teal
93 - Red-shouldered Hawk
94 - Rough-legged Hawk

JAN. 18 - Hardin, Hancock, and Franklin Counties
95 - Lapland Longspur
96 - Horned Grebe
97 - Great Horned Owl

JAN. 19 - Delaware County
98 - Barred Owl

JAN. 22 - Cuyahoga County
99 - King Eider

JAN. 23 - Clinton and Greene Counties
100 - Turkey Vulture
101 - Fox Sparrow
102 - Red-winged Blackbird

JAN. 29 - Holmes County
103 - Harris's Sparrow


Bob Royse


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