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BBS Route · Alabama · BCR 27

Bon Secour Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 79 species recorded across 23 survey years, still active.

79Species RecordedSpecies recordedDistinct species detected on standard-protocol BBS runs here across all years on record — a measure of survey breadth, not a complete checklist.Full methodology →
23Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1993–2023Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on Alabama Bon Secour

Top 40 of 79 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Bon Secour route.
Recent countThe raw number of individuals recorded on this route in its most recent survey year. A single-route tally, not a trend.Full methodology →TrendPercent change in the route-weighted abundance index between a smoothed baseline window and the most recent one. It tracks direction, not absolute population.Full methodology →Baseline yearThe first year of the smoothed window the trend is measured from. An earlier baseline means a longer record stands behind the number.Full methodology →History
Laughing GullLaridae4242023+40%1995
Northern CardinalCardinalidae532023+29%1995
Northern MockingbirdMimidae422023-33%1995
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae412023+210%1995
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae382023-17%1995
Mourning DoveColumbidae302023+35%1995
Common GrackleIcteridae302023-31%1995
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae252023+21%1995
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae162023+79%1995
Blue JayCorvidae152023-58%1995
Fish CrowCorvidae142023-28%1995
Tufted TitmouseParidae122023+117%1995
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae102023+67%1996
Carolina ChickadeeParidae102023+425%1998
White-eyed VireoVireonidae92023+183%2001
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae82023+133%1995
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae82023+267%2007
Barn SwallowHirundinidae72023-30%1995
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae62023-92%1995
Chimney SwiftApodidae62023-64%1995
Brown ThrasherMimidae62023+8%1995
Pine WarblerParulidae52023+100%2000
White-winged DoveColumbidae52023+80%2017
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae42023+110%1996
House FinchFringillidae42023+40%2000
Summer TanagerCardinalidae42019+33%2008
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae32023-76%1995
Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgidae32023-33%1995
European StarlingSturnidae32019-30%1995
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae32023-91%1995
House SparrowPasseridae32012-33%1994
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae32023-30%2008
Great EgretArdeidae32012+175%1996
Gull-billed TernLaridae31995n/an/a
American CrowCorvidae32023-25%2013
Ring-billed GullLaridae21994+0%1993
Green HeronArdeidae22014-33%1998
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae22012+0%1993
Loggerhead ShrikeLaniidae22013-73%1995
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae22023+100%2001

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