BBS Route · Georgia · BCR 27

Big Oak Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 83 species recorded across 15 survey years, still active.

83Species Recorded
15Years Surveyed
20062024Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on Georgia Big Oak

Top 40 of 83 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Big Oak route.
History
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae602024+148%2008
Northern CardinalCardinalidae562024+66%2008
Eastern TowheePasserellidae382024+59%2008
Mourning DoveColumbidae312024+6%2008
American CrowCorvidae292024+164%2008
White-eyed VireoVireonidae282024+214%2008
Northern MockingbirdMimidae242024+1%2008
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae222024-42%2008
Common GrackleIcteridae182024+210%2009
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae162024-41%2008
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae152024+28%2008
Tufted TitmouseParidae122024+11%2008
Fish CrowCorvidae102024+267%2009
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae102024+110%2009
Turkey VultureCathartidae92024+120%2008
Northern ParulaParulidae92024+147%2008
Blue JayCorvidae72024+109%2008
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae72024+75%2008
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae62024-43%2008
Pine WarblerParulidae62024-53%2008
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae62024+41%2008
Red-headed WoodpeckerPicidae62018+100%2009
Brown ThrasherMimidae62024+229%2014
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae52024+113%2008
Glossy IbisThreskiornithidae52024+0%2009
Red-shouldered HawkAccipitridae42024-13%2018
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae42024+100%2009
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae42024+136%2008
Common YellowthroatParulidae42024+157%2011
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae42024-43%2009
Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgidae42024+500%2018
Great EgretArdeidae42024+0%2017
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae42024+0%2018
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae42023n/an/a
Black VultureCathartidae32024-50%2008
Prothonotary WarblerParulidae32007+50%2006
Hooded WarblerParulidae32024+89%2008
Hairy WoodpeckerPicidae32024+0%2009
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae32023+133%2009
Prairie WarblerParulidae32024-17%2017

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