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Cartersville Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 105 species recorded across 45 survey years, still active.

105Species Recorded
45Years Surveyed
1966–2024Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on Georgia Cartersville

Top 40 of 105 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Cartersville route.
History
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae107202428×1996
Barn SwallowHirundinidae712024+44%1979
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae422024+493%1978
Tufted TitmouseParidae38202415×1978
Eastern TowheePasserellidae372024+48%1978
European StarlingSturnidae362024+3%1978
Northern CardinalCardinalidae332024+58%1978
Blue JayCorvidae282024+35%1978
Mourning DoveColumbidae272024+93%1978
American CrowCorvidae252024-19%1978
MallardAnatidae25201811×2004
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae222024-41%1978
American RobinTurdidae222024+100%1978
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae162024+422%1978
Canada GooseAnatidae152021-65%1998
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae142024-9%1978
Northern MockingbirdMimidae142024-45%1978
Carolina ChickadeeParidae132024-3%1978
Wood DuckAnatidae132017+50%2008
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae122024-61%1978
House FinchFringillidae112024+200%1995
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae102024+107%1978
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae102024+107%1978
Purple MartinHirundinidae92022+129%1981
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae92024+54%1978
Pine WarblerParulidae92024+50%1979
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae92024+543%1978
American GoldfinchFringillidae92024+127%1979
Scarlet TanagerCardinalidae92024+320%1983
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae82024+55%1978
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae72024-71%1978
Summer TanagerCardinalidae72024+150%1978
Wood ThrushTurdidae72024-18%1978
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae72024+13%1990
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae62024+200%1980
Gray CatbirdMimidae62024+18%1980
Brown ThrasherMimidae62024-52%1978
Brown-headed NuthatchSittidae62024-7%1982
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae52024+114%1980
Chimney SwiftApodidae42024-94%1978

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