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BBS Route · Georgia · BCR 27

Fitzgerald Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 102 species recorded across 51 survey years, still active.

102Species 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 →
51Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1966–2024Span
8Observers

Bird Species Found on Georgia Fitzgerald

Top 40 of 102 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Fitzgerald 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 BlackbirdIcteridae732024+138%1968
Northern CardinalCardinalidae652024-1%1968
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae61202420×1968
Northern MockingbirdMimidae582024-29%1968
Mourning DoveColumbidae562024-31%1968
American CrowCorvidae432024+100%1968
Common GrackleIcteridae432024-55%1968
Tufted TitmouseParidae33202412×1980
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae322024-67%1968
Blue JayCorvidae292024+72%1968
Eastern TowheePasserellidae272024-28%1968
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae222024+373%1968
Purple MartinHirundinidae212024+116%1968
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae192024+511%1968
Common YellowthroatParulidae192024+139%1968
House FinchFringillidae192024+177%2013
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae172024+400%1969
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae152024+49%1968
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae152024+180%1968
Pine WarblerParulidae15202412×1971
Barn SwallowHirundinidae142024+650%1985
Canada GooseAnatidae142024+157%2002
Brown ThrasherMimidae132024+14%1968
White-eyed VireoVireonidae13202414×1981
Common Ground DoveColumbidae122024+11%1968
European StarlingSturnidae112024+28%1968
Field SparrowPasserellidae112024+283%1986
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae102024-81%1970
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae102024+350%1978
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae92024-14%1968
House SparrowPasseridae82024-71%1969
White IbisThreskiornithidae72024+225%1983
Loggerhead ShrikeLaniidae72024-53%1968
Carolina ChickadeeParidae72024+27%1981
KilldeerCharadriidae72024+50%1978
Pileated WoodpeckerPicidae62024+83%1974
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae52024+375%1970
Orchard OrioleIcteridae52024+0%1968
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae52024+83%1985
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae52023-35%2002

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