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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 26 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 →
26Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1996–2024Span
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 BlackbirdIcteridae1182024-16%1998
Common GrackleIcteridae842024-35%1998
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae752024-35%1998
House SparrowPasseridae602024-58%1998
European StarlingSturnidae582024-48%1998
Mourning DoveColumbidae262024-50%1998
Barn SwallowHirundinidae262024-40%1998
Horned LarkAlaudidae222024-36%1998
Ring-billed GullLaridae212000+320%1996
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae182024-34%1998
American RobinTurdidae162024-61%1998
DickcisselCardinalidae152024+625%2002
KilldeerCharadriidae142024-53%1998
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae132024+4%1998
Western KingbirdTyrannidae122024+41%1998
Bank SwallowHirundinidae122021+13%2000
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae92024+54%1999
Lark SparrowPasserellidae82024-70%1998
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae72024+100%2006
American White PelicanPelecanidae62019-17%1998
Wood DuckAnatidae61998n/an/a
Great-tailed GrackleIcteridae62024+323%2002
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae52024-53%1998
Black-billed MagpieCorvidae52021-58%1998
Common YellowthroatParulidae52024+5%1998
Orchard OrioleIcteridae52024-33%2000
GadwallAnatidae52011+400%1998
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae52023-25%2011
White-faced IbisThreskiornithidae52001n/an/a
Bullock's OrioleIcteridae42024-32%1998
Brown ThrasherMimidae42023+133%1998
California GullLaridae42000n/an/a
Forster's TernLaridae31996n/an/a
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianidae32024-71%1998
Rock PigeonColumbidae32023+43%1998
American KestrelFalconidae32019-73%1998
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae32024-63%1998
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae32024-46%1998
Blue-winged TealAnatidae32023+63%2000
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocoracidae32021+133%2006

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