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BBS Route · California · BCR 5

Ship Mtn. Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 68 species recorded across 22 survey years, no longer active.

68Species 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 →
22Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1994–2017Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on California Ship Mtn.

Top 40 of 68 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Ship Mtn. 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
Hermit ThrushTurdidae182017-14%1996
Black-throated Gray WarblerParulidae142017-24%1996
Western TanagerCardinalidae112017+39%1996
Green-tailed TowheePasserellidae102016+30%1997
Hermit WarblerParulidae82017+44%1996
Black-headed GrosbeakCardinalidae72017+17%1996
Nashville WarblerParulidae72017+118%1996
Mountain ChickadeeParidae72016+36%1996
Townsend's SolitaireTurdidae62016-25%1996
California Scrub-JayCorvidae62014+75%1997
Mountain QuailOdontophoridae52016-35%1997
Hairy WoodpeckerPicidae52016+0%1998
Steller's JayCorvidae52017-43%1996
Wilson's WarblerParulidae52017-7%1996
WrentitSylviidae52017-63%1996
Olive-sided FlycatcherTyrannidae42016-83%1996
Spotted TowheePasserellidae42017-41%1996
Red CrossbillFringillidae42014+300%1998
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae42005n/an/a
Fox SparrowPasserellidae32016-70%1996
Hutton's VireoVireonidae32016+100%1996
MacGillivray's WarblerParulidae32017+26%1996
Pacific WrenTroglodytidae32017-40%1996
Swainson's ThrushTurdidae32017+17%1996
Brown CreeperCerthiidae32017+67%2008
Cassin's FinchFringillidae32012+200%2005
Bewick's WrenTroglodytidae32017+200%2005
Band-tailed PigeonColumbidae22016+200%1996
Common RavenCorvidae22012+0%2000
Warbling VireoVireonidae22017-32%1996
Orange-crowned WarblerParulidae22017-60%1996
Red-breasted NuthatchSittidae22017-16%1996
American RobinTurdidae22017+20%1996
Pine SiskinFringillidae22016-11%2007
Spotted OwlStrigidae21997n/an/a
Evening GrosbeakFringillidae22013+100%2012
Turkey VultureCathartidae22017+100%2013
Pileated WoodpeckerPicidae12017+25%1999
Common NighthawkCaprimulgidae12014+0%1995
Allen's HummingbirdTrochilidae12015-20%1996

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