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BBS Route · Georgia · BCR 27

Pitts Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 104 species recorded across 36 survey years, still active.

104Species Recorded
36Years Surveyed
1977–2024Span
5Observers

Bird Species Found on Georgia Pitts

Top 40 of 104 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Pitts route.
History
Northern MockingbirdMimidae682024+56%1979
Northern CardinalCardinalidae582024-46%1979
American CrowCorvidae452024-68%1979
Mourning DoveColumbidae422024-79%1979
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae352024-57%1979
Blue JayCorvidae282024-68%1979
Tufted TitmouseParidae232024+318%1979
Eastern TowheePasserellidae222024-52%1979
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae202024+126%1979
Barn SwallowHirundinidae202024+671%1981
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae152024-93%1979
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae152024+425%1979
Purple MartinHirundinidae142024+94%1979
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae132024+0%1979
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae132024-39%1979
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae122024-92%1979
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae122024+113%1979
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae122024+3%1979
Common GrackleIcteridae112023-92%1979
Common YellowthroatParulidae112024+180%1980
Brown ThrasherMimidae112024-14%1979
Carolina ChickadeeParidae112024+150%1979
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae102024-35%1979
Turkey VultureCathartidae92024-9%1979
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae92024+41%1979
White-eyed VireoVireonidae92024+278%1979
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae82024+150%1981
Great EgretArdeidae72024+120%1979
Field SparrowPasserellidae72024+140%1979
Fish CrowCorvidae72024-72%1982
Wood DuckAnatidae62024+29%1979
Loggerhead ShrikeLaniidae52023-50%1979
House SparrowPasseridae52024-76%1979
Summer TanagerCardinalidae52024+200%1980
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae52024+71%1980
House FinchFringillidae52024-52%2008
Common Ground DoveColumbidae42024+44%1979
Red-shouldered HawkAccipitridae42024+50%1979
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae42024-71%1979
Pine WarblerParulidae42024+18%1979

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