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BBS Route · Colorado · BCR 18

Fort Morgan Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 97 species recorded across 27 survey years, still active.

97Species 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 →
27Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1996–2025Span
2Observers

Bird Species Found on Colorado Fort Morgan

Top 40 of 97 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Fort Morgan 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
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae822025-13%1998
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae742025-33%1998
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae622025+44%1998
Mourning DoveColumbidae572025-41%1998
European StarlingSturnidae562025-31%1998
House SparrowPasseridae522025-51%1998
Common GrackleIcteridae492025-24%1998
Ring-billed GullLaridae212000+320%1996
Horned LarkAlaudidae182025-34%1998
American White PelicanPelecanidae162025+23%1998
DickcisselCardinalidae162025+875%2002
Barn SwallowHirundinidae152025-47%1998
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae122025+5%1998
Western KingbirdTyrannidae122025+3%1998
American RobinTurdidae122025-67%1998
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae122025+14%2011
Bank SwallowHirundinidae122021+13%2000
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae122025+160%2006
KilldeerCharadriidae112025-57%1998
Common YellowthroatParulidae102025+25%1998
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae102025-15%1998
Bullock's OrioleIcteridae82025-5%1998
Rock PigeonColumbidae72025-13%1998
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae72025-50%1998
Blue JayCorvidae62025-23%1998
American GoldfinchFringillidae62025-43%1998
Wood DuckAnatidae61998n/an/a
Black-billed MagpieCorvidae52021-58%1998
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae52025+69%1999
GadwallAnatidae52011+400%1998
White-faced IbisThreskiornithidae52001n/an/a
Lark SparrowPasserellidae42025-67%1998
California GullLaridae42000n/an/a
Forster's TernLaridae31996n/an/a
Warbling VireoVireonidae32025-57%1998
Orchard OrioleIcteridae32025-25%2000
Blue-winged TealAnatidae32023+63%2000
Northern HarrierAccipitridae32025+25%2012
Great-tailed GrackleIcteridae32025+254%2002
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocoracidae32021+133%2006

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