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2023 Monthly Unicycling Bird Lists

Unless otherwise noted all rides are on a 32 inch Nimbus Oracle and a 29 inch Nimbus Mountain Unicycle is used on the gravel Darby Greenway.

DECEMBER, 2023

DEC. 4  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Blue Jay
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Rusty Blackbird
Tufted Titmouse
American Robin
Eoropean Starling
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
American Crow
Fox Sparrow
Carolina Wren
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Cooper's Hawk
Rock Pigeon
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Bluebird
House Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Mallard
American Black Duck
Wood Duck
Carolina Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
American Kestrel


NOVEMBER, 2023 (a generally cold and windy month compared to 2022)

NOV. 3  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
 (very windy without much bird activity apparent)
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Cooper's Hawk
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Wood Duck
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Carolina Chickadee
Mourning Dove
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Robin
European Starling
Northern Flicker
Cedar Waxwing
Song Sparrow
Common Grackle
Red-winged Blackbird
Blue Jay

NOV. 4  (Prairie Grass Trail - London westward and back - 18 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
House Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Dark-eyed Junco
Carolina Wren
House Finch
White-crowned Sparrow
Hairy Woodpecker
Chipping Sparrow
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Mallard
American Crow
Field Sparrow
Brown Creeper
Eastern Screech-Owl
Downy Woodpecker

NOV. 7  (Robert's Pass and Camp Chase Trails - between London and Franklin Co. line - 20 miles Madison Co.)
Tufted Titmouse
Turkey Vulture
Belted Kingfisher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Horned Lark
Eastern Bluebird

NOV. 8  (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
 (intense S winds - great for a quick invigorating ride, but not good for finding sparrows)
Purple Finch
Great Blue Heron
Brown-headed Cowbird

NOV. 12 (Prairie Grass Trail - S. Charleston to west of Cedarville and back- 22 miles Clark and Greene Counties)
Northern Mockingbird
Ring-necked Pheasant
American Kestrel
Eastern Towhee
Canada Goose
Brown Thrasher

NOV. 14  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to near London and back - 10 miles Madison Co.)
no new species for November, west end closed due to excavation of drainage ditch

NOV. 18  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Red-headed Woodpecker

NOV. 23  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
no new species for November

NOV. 30  (Robert's Pass and Camp Chase Trails - between London and Franklin Co. line - 20 miles Madison Co.)
American Tree Sparrow


OCTOBER, 2023

OCT. 1  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
American Goldfinch
American Robin
Blue Jay
Carolina Chickadee
Northern Cardinal
Bay-breasted Warbler
Turkey Vulture
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Northern Parula
Hairy Woodpecker
Gray Catbird
House Sparrow
Great Egret
Killdeer
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
European Starling
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Philadelphia Vireo
Black-throated Green Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Cedar Waxwing
Blackpoll Warbler
Wood Duck
Mourning Dove
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Magnolia Warbler
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Blackburnian Warbler
Tufted Titmouse

OCT. 2  (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Song Sparrow
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Redstart
American Pipit
Rock Pigeon
Eastern Phoebe
Indigo Bunting
Greater Yellowlegs
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
White-throated Sparrow

OCT. 4  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
American Kestrel
Tree Swallow
Warbling Vireo
White-eyed Vireo
Nashville Warbler
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Common Grackle
Blue-headed Vireo
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Swamp Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
House Wren

OCT. 6  (Paint Creek Trail - Hopewell Mounds to Austin and back - 21 miles Ross Co.)
American Crow
Belted Kingfisher
Field Sparrow
Brown Creeper
Summer Tanager
Chimney Swift
Palm Warbler
Red-tailed Hawk
Chipping Sparrow
Eastern Bluebird
Ovenbird
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Towhee
Eastern Meadowlark

OCT. 9  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant

OCT. 17  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Winter Wren

OCT. 18  (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
no new species for October, very windy

OCT. 23  (Paint Creek Trail - Austin westward and back - 20 miles Ross and Fayette Counties)
 (a treacherous ride with many walnuts along trail and I didn't have time to get all the way to Shaw Wetlands. Walnuts and unicycles don't mix well)
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-shouldered Hawk
Hermit Thrush
Vesper Sparrow
Eastern Screech-Owl


The open farmland at the Ross/Fayette Co. line offered a welcome respite from the walnuts.
This area always seems to host Vesper Sparrows (at least from March through November).
Vesper Sparrows are common nesters along the trails in Madison County,
but are rarely found after they quit singing in July.
Iphone photo. I don't like the colors from the phone on the web.

OCT. 28  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
no new species for October


SEPTEMBER, 2023

SEPT. 1  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Barn Swallow
Gray Catbird
Carolina Chickadee
Blue Jay
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
American Robin
House Wren
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
European Starling
Song Sparrow
Common Grackle
Tree Swallow
Cedar Waxwing
Blackburnian Warbler
Downy Woodpecker
Tennessee Warbler
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Magnolia Warbler
White-breasted Nuthatch
Northern Flicker
Brown Thrasher
Cape May Warbler
Turkey Vulture
American Redstart
American Goldfinch
Bay-breasted Warbler
Field Sparrow
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-eyed Vireo
Great Blue Heron
Warbling Vireo
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Belted Kingfisher
Green Heron
Killdeer
Mourning Dove
Great Egret
Double-crested Cormorant
Spotted Sandpiper
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Wood Duck
Eastern Phoebe
Canada Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Tufted Titmouse
Black-and-white Warbler
Chimney Swift

SEPT. 2  (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Hairy Woodpecker
Wilson's Warbler
Solitary Sandpiper
House Sparrow
Rock Pigeon
Chipping Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
Eastern Towhee
Red-tailed Hawk
Carolina Wren
Common Nighthawk

SEPT. 4  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Great Crested Flycatcher
American Crow
Mallard

SEPT. 7  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Cooper's Hawk

SEPT. 8  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Eastern Bluebird

SEPT. 9  (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Great Horned Owl

SEPT. 11  (Paint Creek Trail - Hopewell Mounds to Austin and back - 21 miles Ross Co.)
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Parula
Swainson's Thrush
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Common Yellowthroat

SEPT. 13  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Nashville Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak

SEPT. 14  (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
no new species for September, but a nice ride with many warblers including Canada and a late Yellow

SEPT. 16  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Black-throated Green Warbler
Yellow-throated Vireo

SEPT. 17  (Prairie Grass Trail - London to near S. Charleston and back - 18 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
American Kestrel

SEPT. 18  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Blackpoll Warbler
Philadelphia Vireo
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler

SEPT. 19  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Sharp-shinned Hawk

SEPT. 21  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
no new species for September

SEPT. 23  (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
no new species for September

SEPT. 25  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Lesser Yellowlegs
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

SEPT. 29  (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Yellow-rumped Warbler


AUGUST, 2023

AUG. 3  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Indigo Bunting
Field Sparrow
Barn Swallow
Gray Catbird
American Robin
House Wren
American Goldfinch
Common Yellowthroat
Blue Jay
Carolina Chickadee
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Song Sparrow
Mourning Dove
Chipping Sparrow
Yellow Warbler
Cedar Waxwing
Eastern Phoebe
Turkey Vulture
Carolina Wren
Common Grackle
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Tufted Titmouse
Brown Thrasher
House Sparrow
Eastern Kingbird
Tree Swallow
Downy Woodpecker
Willow Flycatcher
Great Blue Heron
Belted Kingfisher
Red-winged Blackbird
Red-tailed Hawk
European Starling
Killdeer
Great Egret
Green Heron
Spotted Sandpiper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Purple Martin

AUG. 8  (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
American Redstart
Eastern Towhee
Red-headed Woodpecker
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Solitary Sandpiper
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Canada Goose
Baltimore Oriole
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Great Crested Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Wood Thrush

AUG. 10  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Horned Lark
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
American Crow
Wood Duck
Osprey

AUG. 11  (Paint Creek Trail - Hopewell Mounds to Austin and back - 21 miles Ross Co.)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Acadian Flycatcher
Black Vulture
Chimney Swift
House Finch
Henslow's Sparrow
Northern Bobwhite
Rock Pigeon
Eastern Meadowlark
Bank Swallow

AUG. 16  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
no new species for August

AUG. 18  (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Cooper's Hawk
Lesser Yellowlegs

AUG. 20  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Hairy Woodpecker
Black-and-white Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Least Flycatcher

AUG. 22  (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Red-eyed Vireo

AUG. 26  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
no new species for August

AUG. 27  (Paint Creek Trail - Austin to Shaw Wetlands and back - 23 miles Ross and Fayette Counties)
Blue Grosbeak
Vesper Sparrow

AUG. 28  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Eastern Bluebird

AUG. 29 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Cape May Warbler
Double-crested Cormorant
Tennessee Warbler
Magnolia Warbler

AUG. 31  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
no new species for August


JULY, 2023

JULY 10  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Cedar Waxwing
European Starling
American Robin
Indigo Bunting
Northern Cardinal
White-breasted Nuthatch
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
Gray Catbird
House Wren
Filed Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Common Grackle
Chipping Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Hairy Woodpecker
Carolina Chickadee
Wood Thrush
Baltimore Oriole
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Carolina Wren
Killdeer
House Sparrow
American Crow
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Cooper's Hawk
Warbling Vireo
Chimney Swift
Wood Duck
Canada Goose
Spotted Sandpiper
Mallard
Great Blue Heron
Eastern Kingbird
Great Egret
Double-crested Cormoroant
Brown Thrasher
American Goldfinch
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Green Heron
Barn Swallow

JULY 12  (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Eastern Towhee
Orchard Oriole
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Vesper Sparrow
Turkey Vulture
Rock Pigeon
Great Crested Flycatcher
Cliff Swallow

JULY 14  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Belted Kingfisher
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Red-tailed Hawk
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Kestrel

JULY 18  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Red-eyed Vireo
House Finch

JULY 23  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Eastern Bluebird
Yellow Warbler

JULY 25  (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Willow Flycatcher
Eurasian Collared-Dove

JULY 30  (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Solitary Sandpiper

JULY 31  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Eastern Phoebe


No unicycling during June, 2023. I had high hopes to get out exploring some new trails around the state, but I had to recover from a surgery and couldn't risk any injuries while healing. Presumably the breeding birds along my favorite trails would have been similar to June 2022 although I probably missed a few surprises.


MAY, 2023

MAY 3  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Blue Jay
American Robin
Northern Cardinal
White-throated Sparrow
Wood Thrush
Tufted Titmouse
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Red-tailed Hawk
Barn Swallow
Song Sparrow
Palm Warbler
Downy Woodpecker
Red-winged Blackbird
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Turkey Vulture
Yellow Warbler
Canada Goose
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Blue-headed Vireo
Chipping Sparrow
Killdeer
Northern Flicker
Common Grackle
American Crow
Great Blue Heron
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
European Starling
House Sparrow
Eastern Phoebe
Tree Swallow
American Coot
Bank Swallow
Sora
Mourning Dove
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Green Heron
American Wigeon
Carolina Wren
Spotted Sandpiper
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Finch
Hairy Woodpecker
Eastern Meadowlark
Baltimore Oriole
Eastern Towhee
Brown Thrasher

MAY 4  (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
American Goldfinch
Gray Catbird
Field Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
Vesper Sparrow
Horned Lark
Warbling Vireo
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Swamp Sparrow
Greater Yellowlegs
Rock Pigeon
Savannah Sparrow
Wilson's Snipe
American Pipit
Black-throated Green Warbler

MAY 5  (Hockhocking Adena Bikeway between Nelsonville and Athens - 22 miles Athens Co.)
Yellow-throated Warbler
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Redstart
White-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Hooded Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Blue-winged Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Parula
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Bluebird
Scarlet Tanager
Summer Tanager
Common Merganser
Louisiana Waterthrush
Tennessee Warbler
Cliff Swallow
Purple Finch

MAY 6  (Paint Creek Trail - Hopewell Mounds to Austin and back - 21 miles Ross Co.)
Great Crested Flycatcher
Orchard Oriole
Henslow's Sparrow
Semipalmated Plover
Least Sandpiper
Belted Kingfisher
Prairie Warbler
Chimney Swift

MAY 7  (Robert's Pass Trail - between Wilson Rd. and London  - 17 miles Madison Co.)
Blackburnian Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Red-headed Woodpecker
White-crowned Sparrow
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Waterthrush
Chestnut-sided Warbler

MAY 9  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Magnolia Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Veery
Mallard
Eastern Kingbird
Black-throated Blue Warbler

MAY 10  (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Yellow-breasted Chat
Virginia Rail

MAY 11  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Cedar Waxwing

MAY 14  (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Bell's Vireo
Willow Flycatcher
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Northern Mockingbird
Least Flycatcher

MAY 15  (Paint Creek Trail - Austin to Shaw Wetlands and back - 23 miles Ross and Fayette Counties)
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Ring-necked Pheasant
Black Vulture
Swainson's Thrush
Northern Harrier
Blue Grosbeak


A beautiful spring day to ride the western part of the Paint Creek Trail, May 15, 2023
Resident birds were active and vocal, but northbound migrants were few and far between

MAY 16  (Camp Chase Trail - Darby Creek to Wilson Rd. and back - 10 miles Franklin and Madison Counties)
Grasshopper Sparrow
Ring-billed Gull

MAY 17  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
no new species for May. North winds continue. A good variety of warblers seen, but the same species and probably same individuals over the past week.

MAY 18  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Bay-breasted Warbler
Alder Flycatcher

MAY 19  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Blackpoll Warbler

MAY 20  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
no new species for May

MAY 21  (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Wilson's Warbler
Philadelphia Vireo

MAY 23 (Robert's Pass and Camp Chase Trails - between London and Darby Creek - 24 miles Madison and Franklin Counties)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Purple Martin

MAY 24  (Paint Creek Trail - Hopewell Mounds to Austin and back - 21 miles Ross Co.)
Acadian Flycatcher
Northern Bobwhite

MAY 25  (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
no new species for May


APRIL, 2023

APR. 2  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
American Kestrel
Turkey Vulture
American Robin
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Bluebird
Blue Jay
White-breasted Nuthatch
Northern Cardinal
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Rusty Blackbird
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
American Crow
Dark-eyed Junco
American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Brown Thrasher
White-throated Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Chickadee
Common Grackle
Brown Creeper
Eastern Meadowlark
House Sparrow
Downy Woodpecker
Mourning Dove
Fox Sparrow
European Starling
Brown-headed Cowbird
Canada Goose
Vesper Sparrow
Blue-winged Teal
Tree Swallow
American Coot
Bufflehead
Ring-necked Duck
Mallard
American Wigeon
Northern Shoveler
Greater White-fronted Goose
Gadwall
Pied-billed Grebe
Hooded Merganser
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Swamp Sparrow
Carolina Wren
Wood Duck
Red-tailed Hawk
Green-winged Teal
House Fimch
Chipping Sparrow
Eastern Phoebe
Field Sparrow

APR. 3  (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
American Goldfinch
Killdeer
Wilson's Snipe
Eastern Towhee

APR. 4  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Cooper's Hawk
Horned Lark
Rock Pigeon
Belted Kingfisher

APR. 7 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Northern Harrier
American Pipit
Ring-necked Pheasant

APR. 9  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
no new species for April

APR. 10  (Paint Creek Trail - Hopewell Mounds to Austin and back - 21 miles Ross Co.)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Yellow-throated Warbler
Northern Parula
Pileated Woodpecker
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Hairy Woodpecker

APR. 11  (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

APR. 13  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Northern Mockingbird

APR. 18  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
no new species for April

APR. 19  (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
House Wren
Sharp-shinned Hawk

APR. 21  (Hockhocking Adena Bikeway between Nelsonville and Athens - 22 miles Athens Co.)
Warbling Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Worm-eating Warbler
White-eyed Vireo
American Redstart
Prairie Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Blue-winged Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
Red-eyed Vireo
Red-shouldered Hawk
Yellow Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Wood Thrush
Cliff Swallow
Prothonotary Warbler

APR. 23  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Barn Swallow
Sora
Chimney Swift
Spotted Sandpiper

APR. 24 (Prairie Grass Trail - London westward and back - 16 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Black-throated Green Warbler
White-crowned Sparrow
Palm Warbler
Gray Catbird

APR. 25  (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Osprey
Tennessee Warbler

APR. 26 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
no new species for April

APR. 27  (Paint Creek Trail - Hopewell Mounds to Austin and back - 21 miles Ross Co.)
Scarlet Tanager
Baltimore Oriole
Great Crested Flycatcher
Least Sandpiper
Summer Tanager
Purple Finch

APR. 28  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Purple Martin


MARCH, 2023
March unicycling got off to a late start with a busy schedule, some bad weather, and a bout of bronchitis

MAR. 20  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
American Tree Sparrow
Turkey Vulture
American Robin
Northern Cardinal
White-throated Sparrow
Common Grackle
Red-winged Blackbird
Song Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
Carolina Chickadee
Dark-eyed Junco
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Mockingbird
White-breasted Nuthatch
Mourning Dove
Canada Goose
Mallard
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
American Black Duck
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
American Coot
Blue-winged Teal
Gadwall
Hooded Merganser
Greater White-fronted Goose
European Starling
Wood Duck
Belted Kingfisher
Eastern Phoebe
Killdeer
House Finch
Blue Jay
Tufted Titmouse
Hairy Woodpecker (finally, a woodpecker!)

MAR. 21 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Carolina Wren
Red-bellied Woodpecker
American Goldfinch
Red-tailed Hawk
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
Field Sparrow
Red-breasted Nuthatch
House Sparrow

MAR. 27  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
American Crow
Eastern Bluebird
Vesper Sparrow
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Tree Swallow
Horned Lark
Double-crested Cormorant

MAR. 28  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Brown Thrasher
Pied-billed Grebe
Swamp Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow

MAR. 30  (Paint Creek Trail - Hopewell Mounds to Austin and back - 21 miles Ross Co.)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Black Vulture


FEBRUARY, 2023

FEB. 2  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Carolina Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Flicker
American Robin
Blue Jay
American Tree Sparrow
Mallard
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-tailed Hawk
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sandhill Crane
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Mourning Dove
European Starling
Gadwall
Northern Pintail
Ring-necked Duck
Song Sparrow
Cooper's Hawk
Eastern Bluebird

FEB. 5  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
House Sparow
American Crow
Canada Goose
Rock Pigeon
Tufted Titmouse
Northern Harrier

FEB. 8 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Carolina Wren
American Goldfinch
House Finch
Horned Lark
White-crowned Sparrow
Eurasian Collared Dove
Killdeer

FEB. 10  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Wood Duck
American Kestrel
Cackling Goose
Belted Kingfisher
Hooded Merganser

FEB. 11  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Common Grackle
Red-winged Blackbird
American Black Duck

FEB. 12  (Paint Creek Trail - Hopewell Mounds to Austin and back - 21 miles Ross Co.)
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Pileated Woodpecker
Yellow-rumped Warbler

FEB. 13  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
no new species for February

FEB. 15  (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
no new species for February

FEB. 19  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Northern Shoveler

FEB. 20  (Prairie Grass Trail - London to near S. Charleston and back - 20 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Great Blue Heron

FEB. 26  (Robert's Pass and Camp Chase Trails - between London and Franklin Co. Line - 20 miles Madison Co.)
American Wigeon
Swamp Sparrow


JANUARY, 2023

JAN. 1  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
American Robin
Northern Cardinal
Blue Jay
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
White-throated Sparrow
Belted Kingfisher
House Finch
Tufted Titmouse
Canada Goose
House Sparrow
Red-tailed Hawk
American Crow
European Starling
Dark-eyed Junco
Hairy Woodpecker
American Tree Sparrow
Brown Creeper
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren

JAN. 2 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Rock Pigeon
Carolina Chickadee
Cooper's Hawk
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Song Sparrow
Eurasian Collared Dove
American Goldfinch

JAN. 5  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Mallard
Northern Pintail
American Wigeon
American Pipit
Gadwall
American Black Duck

JAN. 9 (Camp Chase Trail - Darby Creek to Wilson Rd. and back - 10 miles Franklin and Madison Counties)
Eastern Bluebird
Bald Eagle

JAN. 11  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
no new speies for January\

JAN. 16  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Mourning Dove

JAN. 24 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Horned Lark


sunshine, little wind, and a plowed trail!
Jan. 24. 2023, Robert's Pass Trail

JAN. 28 (Paint Creek Trail - Hopewell Mounds to Austin and back - 21 miles Ross Co.)
Black Vulture
Pileated Woodpecker
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Eastern Towhee

JAN. 29  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
no new speies for January



DECEMBER, 2022

DEC. 2  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
American Robin
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Chickadee
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Cardinal
American Crow
Blue Jay
European Starling
Red-bellied Woodpecker
House Sparrow
Mallard
Belted Kingfisher
Great Blue Heron
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Canada Goose
Snow Goose
Green-winged Teal
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-tailed Hawk
Brown Creeper
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Tufted Titmouse
Mourning Dove

DEC. 5 (Camp Chase Trail - Darby Creek to Wilson Rd. and back - 10 miles Franklin and Madison Counties)
 (on 29er muni - Darby Greenway was too muddy)
Song Sparrow
House Finch
American Tree Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Eastern Bluebird
Carolina Wren
Rock Pigeon
Horned Lark
Lapland Longspur
Common Grackle

DEC. 9  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Northern Flicker
Red-winged Blackbird
Northern Pintail
Gadwall
Red-shouldered Hawk
Rusty Blackbird

DEC. 13  (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Swamp Sparrow
Pileated Woodpecker

DEC. 15 (Scioto Greenway between Confluence Park and Marble Cliff - 7 miles Franklin Co.)
Hooded Merganser

DEC. 16  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Ruddy Duck
American Coot
Cooper's Hawk

DEC. 21 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Eurasian Collared Dove
White-crowned Sparrow

DEC. 30  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Northern Harrier


NOVEMBER, 2022

NOV. 7  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Dark-eyed Junco
American Robin
Northern Cardinal
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Cooper's Hawk
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Carolina Chickadee
Brown Creeper
White-breasted Nuthatch
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Mallard
American Crow
Tufted Titmouse
Swamp Sparrow
Canada Goose
Great Blue Heron
Red-winged Blackbird
European Starling
Northern Flicker
Pied-billed Grebe
American Coot
House Sparrow
Carolina Wren
House Finch
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Mourning Dove

NOV. 8  (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
American Goldfinch
Eastern Bluebird
Field Sparrow
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Harrier

NOV. 10 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to near S. Charleston and back - 20 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Killdeer
Turkey Vulture
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Fox Sparrow
Red-tailed Hawk
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Mockingbird
Horned Lark
White-crowned Sparrow
Rock Pigeon
Hairy Woodpecker

NOV. 14  (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
American Tree Sparrow

NOV. 22  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
American Kestrel
Green-winged Teal

NOV. 23  (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
no new species for November

NOV. 24 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to near S. Charleston and back - 20 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Ring-necked Pheasant
American Pipit
Eastern Towhee

NOV. 26 (Paint Creek Trail - Hopewell Mounds to Austin and back - 21 miles Ross Co.)
Belted Kingfisher
Winter Wren
Black Vulture
Bald Eagle
Eastern Phoebe

NOV. 28  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Northern Pintail
Gadwall

NOV. 29  (Darby Greenway loop - 10 miles Franklin Co.)
no new species for November


OCTOBER, 2022

OCT. 2  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Blue Jay
Turkey Vulture
Carolina Chickadee
Blue-headed Vireo
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
White-breasted Nuthatch
Northern Cardinal
American Robin
Northern Flicker
Tennessee Warbler
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Tufted Titmouse
Great Blue Heron
American Goldfinch
Tree Swallow
European Starling
Mourning Dove
Canada Goose
Mallard
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Eastern Phoebe
Killdeer
Palm Warbler

OCT. 3 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Bald Eagle
Carolina Wren
American Crow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Bay-breasted Warbler
Red-tailed Hawk
Belted Kingfisher
White-crowned Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Hairy Woodpecker

OCT. 4 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
House Finch
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Indigo Bunting
Lesser Yellowlegs
House Sparrow
Rock Pigeon
Eastern Towhee

OCT. 5  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Black-throated Green Warbler
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Great Egret

OCT. 6 (Paint Creek Trail - Hopewell Mounds to west of Frankfort and back - 18 miles Ross Co.)
 (very large numbers of Bay-breasted and Tennessee Warblers present on this ride along the creek, making for slow going with frequent stops)
Black Vulture
Eastern Meadowlark
Eastern Bluebird
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Pileated Woodpecker
Chipping Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Cape May Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Creeper
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Common Grackle
Cooper's Hawk

OCT. 9 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Red-breasted Nuthatch

OCT. 10 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Common Yellowthroat
Wood Duck
Merlin

OCT. 11  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Orange-crowned Warbler

OCT. 16 (Darby Greenway loop - 10 miles Franklin Co.)
no new species for October

OCT. 21  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Pied-billed Grebe
American Coot

OCT. 22 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
no new species for October

OCT. 23 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
no new species for October

OCT. 26 (Darby Greenway loop - 10 miles Franklin Co.)
no new species for October

OCT. 27  (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
no new species for October

OCT. 29 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to near S. Charleston and back - 20 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Rusty Blackbird
Vesper Sparrow
Wilson's Snipe

OCT. 31 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Fox Sparrow


SEPTEMBER, 2022

SEPT. 5  (Robert's Pass and Camp Chase Trails - between London and Franklin Co. line - 20 miles Madison Co.)
Mourning Dove
American Crow
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
Gray Catbird
Turkey Vulture
American Robin
Bay-breasted Warbler
Carolina Wren
Blue Jay
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Cardinal
Red-tailed Hawk
Cedar Waxwing
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Cooper's Hawk
Carolina Chickadee
Indigo Bunting
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Northern Flicker
Red-eyed Vireo
European Starling
Green Heron
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Blackburnian Warbler
Least Flycatcher
Brown Thrasher
Common Yellowthroat
Rock Pigeon
Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow
House Sparrow
House Wren
House Finch

SEPT. 7 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Field Sparrow
Killdeer
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Semipalmated Plover
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Bluebird
Tennessee Warbler

SEPT. 8 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Black-throated Green Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Solitary Sandpiper
Eurasian Collared Dove
Canada Goose
Blackpoll Warbler
Mallard
Song Sparrow
Cape May Warbler
Great Horned Owl
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rose-breasted Grosbeak

SEPT. 9 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Yellow-throated Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Wood Duck
Red-winged Blackbird
Palm Warbler

SEPT. 10 (Paint Creek Trail - Austin to Shaw Wetlands and back - 23 miles Ross and Fayette Counties)
Eastern Towhee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Vesper Sparrow
Horned Lark
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Gray-cheeked Thrush

SEPT. 12 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Pied-billed Grebe
Warbling Vireo

SEPT. 14 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Red-headed Woodpecker
Cliff Swallow
Hairy Woodpecker
Wood Thrsuh
Common Nighthawk

SEPT. 15 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Swainson's Thrush
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Willow Flycatcher
Nashville Warbler

SEPT. 17 (Prairie Grass Trail - S. Charleston to west of Cedarville and back- 22 miles Clark and Greene Counties)
Great Blue Heron
Northern Mockingird

SEPT. 18 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Pileated Woodpecker

SEPT. 19 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Spotted Sandpiper

SEPT. 24 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Scarlet Tanager

SEPT. 27 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler

SEPT. 30 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-throated Sparrow


AUGUST, 2022

AUG. 1 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
American Crow
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
American Goldfinch
American Robin
Turkey Vulture
Blue Jay
Red-tailed Hawk
Eastern Towhee
Carolina Chickadee
Green Heron
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Chipping Sparrow
House Wren
Downy Woodpecker
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Mourning Dove
Great Blue Heron
Red-headed Woodpecker
Spotted Sandpiper
Red-winged Blackbird
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Tree Swallow
Chimney Swift
Eastern Phoebe
Common Grackle
Eastern Kingbird
Killdeer
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Carolina Wren
Great Crested Flycatcher
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Field Sparrow
Barn Swallow

AUG. 2 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Red-eyed Vireo
Tufted Titnouse
Common Yellowthroat
Henslow's Sparrow
Summer Tanager
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Wood-Pewee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Bank Swallow
Eastern Meadowlark
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

AUG. 4 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Yellow Warbler
Baltimore Oriole
Brown Thrasher
Lesser Yellowlegs
Pectoral Sandpiper
Cooper's Hawk

AUG 7 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Willow Flycatcher
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
House Finch

AUG. 8 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow

AUG. 9 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Osprey

AUG. 10 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Mallard
Warbling Vireo
Hairy Woodpecker

AUG. 11 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
no new species for August

AUG. 12 (Paint Creek Trail - Hopewell Mounds to Austin and back - 21 miles Ross Co.)
Black Vulture
Blue Grosbeak
Wood Thrush
Black-and-white Warbler

AUG. 14 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Cliff Swallow

AUG 16 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Solitary Sandpiper

AUG. 17 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
American Kestrel

AUG. 18 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
no new species for August

AUG 19 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Magnolia Warbler

AUG. 20 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Blackburnian Warbler
Rose-breasted Grosbeak

AUG. 22 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Blackpoll Warbler
American Redstart

AUG 23 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Brown-headed Cowbird

AUG. 25 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
no new species for August

AUG. 27 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Tennessee Warbler

AUG. 30 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
no new species for August


JULY, 2022

JULY 1 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Indigo Bunting
Red-eyed Vireo
Northern Cardinal
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Field Sparrow
Common Yellowthroat
Red-winged Blackbird
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
American Robin
Killdeer
Henslow's Sparrow
Mourning Dove
Blue Jay
Song Sparrow
Gray Catbird
Eastern Bluebird
American Goldfinch
Brown Thrasher
House Sparrow
European Starling
Bell's Vireo
Willow Flycatcher
Yellow Warbler
Brown-headed Cowbird
Warbling Vireo
Cedar Waxwing
Green Heron
American Crow
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Common Grackle
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Towhee
Eastern Phoebe
Yellow-throated Vireo
Great Egret
Orchard Oriole
House Wren
Chipping Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Wood Thrush

JULY 3 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Carolina Chickadee
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
House Finch
Canada Goose
Eastern Kingbird
Great Blue Heron
Belted Kingfisher
Wood Duck
Mallard
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Flicker
Turkey Vulture
Cliff Swallow
Red-headed Woodpecker
Vesper Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole

JULY 4 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Savannah Sparrow
Chimney Swift
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
Blue Grosbeak
Dickcissel

JULY 5 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Parula
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Double-crested Cormoroant
Acadian Flycatcher
Summer Tanager
Yellow-throated Warbler

JULY 7 (Camp Chase and Robert's Pass Trails - Darby Creek to London and back - 24 miles Franklin and Madison Counties)
Purple Martin
Grasshopper Sparrow
Red-tailed Hawk
Northern Mockingbird

JULY 9 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
no new species for July

JULY 10 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
White-breasted Nuthatch

JULY 11 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Ring-necked Pheasant

JULY 13 (Paint Creek Trail - Hopewell Mounds to Austin and back - 21 miles Ross Co.)
Osprey
Northern Bobwhite
White-eyed Vireo

JULY 18 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Pileated Woodpecker

JULY 19 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo

JULY 20 (Darby Greenway loop - 10 miles Franklin Co.)
no new species for July

JULY 21 (Darby Greenway loop - 9 miles Franklin Co.)
no new species for July

JULY 24 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
no new species for July

JULY 25 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Spotted Sandpiper

JULY 26 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Sedge Wren

JULY 30 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
no new species for July

JULY 31 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
no new species for July
 
 


JUNE, 2022

JUNE 1 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Tufted Titmouse
Eastern Towhee
American Goldfinch
Brown-headed Cowbird
Red-eyed Vireo
White-breasted Nuthatch
Yellow-throated Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Blue Jay
Red-winged Blackbird
Northern Cardinal
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Indigo Bunting
Northern Flicker
Eastern Meadowlark
Summer Tanager
Killdeer
American Robin
Wood Thrush
Cedar Waxwing
Barn Swallow
Common Yellowthroat
Song Sparrow
Tree Swallow
American Crow
Brown Thrasher
Eastern Bluebird
House Sparrow
Turkey Vulture
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Scarlet Tanager
House Wren
Willow Flycatcher
Gray Catbird
Yellow Warbler
European Starling
Warbling Vireo
Baltimore Oriole
Common Grackle
Acadian Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Egret
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Eastern Phoebe
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
House Finch
Orchard Oriole
Bell's Vireo
Canada Goose
Yellow-throated Vireo
Northern Parula

JUNE 2 (Robert's Pass and Camp Chase Trails - between London and Darby Creek - 24 miles Madison and Franklin Counties)
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Chimney Swift
Wood Duck
Pileated Woodpecker
Purple Martin
Mourning Dove
Savannah Sparrow
Rock Pigeon
Red-headed Woodpecker
Vesper Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow

JUNE 4 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Eurasian Collared Dove
Ring-necked Pheasant

JUNE 6 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Henslow's Sparrow
Yellow-breasted Chat
Red-tailed Hawk
Cooper's Hawk

JUNE 8 (Prairie Grass Trail - S. Charleston to west of Cedarville and back- 22 miles Clark and Greene Counties)
Great Blue Heron
White-eyed Vireo
Belted Kingfisher
Blue Grosbeak
Horned Lark

JUNE 10 (Hockhocking Adena Bikeway between Nelsonville and Athens - 22 miles Athens Co.)
Kentucky Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Prothonotary Warbler
Red-shouldered Hawk
Prairie Warbler

JUNE 11 (Paint Creek Trail - Hopewell Mounds to Austin and back - 21 miles Ross Co.)
Hairy Woodpecker
Bank Swallow
Spotted Sandpiper

JUNE 14 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
no new species for June

JUNE 15 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Blue-winged Teal

JUNE 17 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Green Heron

JUNE 20 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
no new species for June

JUNE 21 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
no new species for June

JUNE 22 (Darby Greenway loop - 10 miles Franklin Co.)
no new species for June

JUNE 27 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Dickcissel

JUNE 29 (Little Miami Trail - Xenia Station to Spring Valley Lake and back - 20 miles Greene and Warren Counties)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird




SPRING 2022 UNICYCLING BIRD LIST

On March 20th I took a ride to check out riding with binoculars on a chest harness. It worked out very well. That happened to be the first day of spring, so I decided to keep a spring unicycling list. By the end of May migration was over and I was only finding established resident birds along my usual routes, so I switched over to monthly lists in June.

MAR. 20 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to Deer Creek bridge and back - 7 miles Madison Co.)
Eastern Bluebird
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
American Robin
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Blue Jay
Hairy Woodpecker
Carolina Chickadee
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Great Horned Owl
Northern Flicker
Common Grackle
European Starling
Killdeer
Turkey Vulture
Red-bellied Woodpecker
American Crow
Eastern Towhee
American Kestrel
Carolina Wren
Mourning Dove
Field Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Mockingbird

MAR. 21 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Tufted Titmouse
Sandhill Crane
House Finch
Tree Swallow
Pied-billed Grebe
Canada Goose
Mallard
American Coot
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
House Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Brown Thrasher
Eastern Phoebe

MAR. 24 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Double-crested Cormorant
White-breasted Nuthatch
Chipping Sparrow

MAR. 29 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Great Blue Heron
Fox Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Hooded Merganser
Bufflehead
Brown Creeper

MAR. 30 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Common Loon

APR. 3 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Vesper Sparrow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

APR. 4 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Brown-headed Cowbird
Wilson's Snipe
Eurasian Collared Dove
Rock Pigeon
Horned Lark

APR. 7 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to past Botkin Rd. and back - ~14 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
American Pipit
White-crowned Sparrow

APR. 8 (Camp Chase Trail - Darby Creek to Lilly Chapel and back - ~6 miles Franklin and Madison Counties)
Purple Martin

APR. 10 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Lesser Scaup

APR. 12 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Sora
Northern Shoveler
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

APR. 14 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Solitary Sandpiper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Cedar Waxwing

APR. 15 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to Botkin Rd. and back - ~12 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Broad-winged Hawk
Ring-necked Pheasant

APR. 17 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Lesser Yellowlegs
Barn Swallow

APR. 22 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler

APR. 23 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
House Wren
Palm Warbler
Warbling Vireo
Pine Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Spotted Sandpiper
Prairie Warbler

APR. 24 (Hockhocking Adena Bikeway south of Nelsonvillle - ~18 miles Athens Co.)
Baltimore Oriole
Northern Parula
Yellow-throated Vireo
Nashville Warbler
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Louisiana Watherthrush
Ovenbird
Red-eyed Vireo
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Indigo Bunting
Wood Thrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Red-shouldered Hawk
Chimney Swift
Gray Catbird

APR. 26 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Northern Waterthrush
Great Crested Flycatcher

APR. 28 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Greater Yellowlegs

MAY 2 (Paint Creek Trail - Hopewell Mounds to west of Frankfort and back - ~18 miles Ross Co.)
Black Vulture
Scarlet Tanager
Wild Turkey
Osprey
Kentucky Warbler
Grasshopper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Summer Tanager
Henslow's Sparrow

MAY 4 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Blue-headed Vireo
Least Flycatcher

MAY 7 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Eastern Kingbird
Orchard Oriole

MAY 8 (Prairie Grass Trail - London westward and back - ~18 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Red-headed Woodpecker

MAY 9 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Cape May Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Ruby-throated Hummingbird

MAY 10 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Willow Flycatcher
Green Heron
Swainson's Thrush

MAY 11 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to Spring Valley Rd. and back - 8 miles Madison Co.)
Bay-breasted Warbler
Magnolia Warbler

MAY 13 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Philadelphia Vireo
Lincoln's Sparrow
Black-billed Cuckoo

MAY 15 (Prairie Grass Trail - London westward and back - 16 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
Wilson's Warbler
Blue Grosbeak
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Bell's Vireo

MAY 16 (Paint Creek Trail - between Crosier Park and Fayette Co. line - 15 miles Ross County)
Northern Bobwhite
(lots of shorebirds along Mouser Rd. in Pickaway Co. on the drive home including 6 species not on this list)

MAY 17 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Gray-cheeked Thrush

MAY 18 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Pileated Woodpecker
Blackpoll Warbler

MAY 19 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
Great Egret

MAY 20 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
no new species - the streak ends. An overnight storm with S winds brought in some late migrants earlier in the morning, but very high winds made this ride very quiet.

MAY 21 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
Virginia Rail

MAY 22 (Paint Creek Trail - Hopewell Mounds to Frankfort and back - ~14 miles Ross Co.)
Acadian Flycatcher
Bobolink
Bank Swallow

MAY 23 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to London and back - 13 miles Madison Co.)
no new species

MAY 24 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
no new species

MAY 28 (Prairie Grass Trail - London to S. Charleston and back - 22 miles Madison and Clark Counties)
no new species

MAY 29 (Robert's Pass Trail - Wilson Rd. to Glade Run and back - 4 miles Madison Co.)
Nimbus Shadow Handle test run - no new species

MAY 30 (Robert's Pass and Camp Chase Trails - between London and Olmstead Road - 20 miles Madison Co.)
no new species

MAY 31 (Darby Greenway loop - 10.5 miles Franklin Co.)
no new species

While Spring technically continues through most of June, it is clear that spring migration is over and that I have already probably found all the resident birds that I am going to find along my regular routes (with the possible exception of Dickcissels, which sometimes don't appear until June). To keep it fresher every time I head out, I will switch over to monthly bird lists for my unicycle rides.