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BBS Route · Georgia · BCR 29

Maxeys Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 101 species recorded across 43 survey years, still active.

101Species Recorded
43Years Surveyed
1966–2024Span
5Observers

Bird Species Found on Georgia Maxeys

Top 40 of 101 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Maxeys route.
History
Northern MockingbirdMimidae582024+9%1968
Northern CardinalCardinalidae542024+122%1968
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae492024+144%1968
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae432024+143%1968
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae402024+383%1968
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae372024+3%1968
Barn SwallowHirundinidae36202411×1977
Mourning DoveColumbidae352024+207%1968
European StarlingSturnidae322024+6%1968
Carolina ChickadeeParidae282024+509%1968
American CrowCorvidae262024-1%1968
Orchard OrioleIcteridae252024+91%1968
Tufted TitmouseParidae252024+620%1968
House FinchFringillidae242024+478%1995
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae232024-18%1968
Pine WarblerParulidae232024+480%1968
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae222024-2%1968
Blue JayCorvidae222024-37%1968
Turkey VultureCathartidae212024+700%1977
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae192024+83%1968
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae192024+400%1990
Eastern TowheePasserellidae182024-55%1968
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae172024-80%1968
White-eyed VireoVireonidae132024+160%1968
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae122024-80%1968
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae122024-66%1968
Wood ThrushTurdidae112024-35%1968
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae112024+130%1990
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae102024+0%1968
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae102024+129%1968
Summer TanagerCardinalidae102024+250%1968
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae102024+144%1968
House SparrowPasseridae102024-89%1968
Black VultureCathartidae9202412×1976
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae82024+7%1968
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae82024+375%1977
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae72024-28%1968
Common GrackleIcteridae72024-80%1968
Prairie WarblerParulidae72024-49%1968
American RobinTurdidae72024-10%1968

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