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BBS Route · Alabama · BCR 24

Wheeler Dam Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 104 species recorded across 25 survey years, still active.

104Species 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 →
25Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1993–2025Span
5Observers

Bird Species Found on Alabama Wheeler Dam

Top 40 of 104 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Wheeler Dam 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
Great EgretArdeidae278202513×2009
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocoracidae200202519×2013
Great Blue HeronArdeidae109202529×1995
Mourning DoveColumbidae562025-13%1995
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae542025+53%1995
Northern CardinalCardinalidae522025-31%1995
Black VultureCathartidae512025+206%2014
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae502025+649%2013
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae362025+718%1999
Northern MockingbirdMimidae342025-57%1995
American CrowCorvidae292025+202%1995
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae282025-73%1995
White-eyed VireoVireonidae242025+980%1995
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae242025+172%1995
Common GrackleIcteridae232025-46%1995
Tufted TitmouseParidae222025+4%1996
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae182025+14%1995
Field SparrowPasserellidae182025+54%1995
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae172025+350%1996
Purple MartinHirundinidae162025+0%1995
Eastern TowheePasserellidae152025+23%1995
Little Blue HeronArdeidae152023+157%2018
European StarlingSturnidae112025+227%1995
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae112025-80%1995
Common YellowthroatParulidae112025+0%1995
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae102025-37%1995
Barn SwallowHirundinidae102025+90%1995
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae102025+23%1995
Orchard OrioleIcteridae92025+113%1995
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae82025-59%1995
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae82025-32%1995
Canada GooseAnatidae82022-30%2008
American KestrelFalconidae72025+125%1995
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae72025+0%1995
DickcisselCardinalidae72025-4%1995
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae72025+33%1995
American RobinTurdidae72025-67%1995
Black-crowned Night HeronArdeidae72025+60%2014
Lark SparrowPasserellidae62025+100%1995
Brown ThrasherMimidae62025-52%1995

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-08-14. A route is a sample, not a census.