BBS Route · Delaware · BCR 30

Millsboro Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 82 species recorded across 7 survey years, still active.

Bird Species Found on Delaware Millsboro

Top 40 of 82 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Millsboro 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
European StarlingSturnidae782025+44%2021
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae592025+3%2021
American CrowCorvidae402025+6%2021
Common GrackleIcteridae382025-23%2021
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae342025+2%2021
Northern CardinalCardinalidae332025+1%2021
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae322025-14%2021
Mourning DoveColumbidae272025-20%2021
Purple MartinHirundinidae242025-11%2021
Tufted TitmouseParidae202025-1%2021
American RobinTurdidae202025-37%2021
Carolina ChickadeeParidae192025-12%2021
Turkey VultureCathartidae182025-15%2021
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae182025-35%2021
Barn SwallowHirundinidae182025-28%2021
White-eyed VireoVireonidae172025+88%2021
Northern MockingbirdMimidae162025-6%2021
Common YellowthroatParulidae152025-23%2021
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae152025-37%2021
Horned LarkAlaudidae142025-47%2021
American GoldfinchFringillidae142025-41%2021
Pine WarblerParulidae132025+8%2021
OvenbirdParulidae132025-29%2021
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae122025-44%2021
Rock PigeonColumbidae112025+306%2021
Grasshopper SparrowPasserellidae102025+36%2021
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae92025-18%2021
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae82025-74%2021
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae82025-21%2021
Laughing GullLaridae62022+500%2017
KilldeerCharadriidae62025-29%2021
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae62025+450%2019
Song SparrowPasserellidae62025+78%2021
Worm-eating WarblerParulidae62025+14%2021
Black VultureCathartidae52021+0%2017
Bald EagleAccipitridae52024+250%2019
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae52025-24%2021
Fish CrowCorvidae52025+177%2021
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae52017n/an/a
House SparrowPasseridae52025-39%2022

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