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BBS Route · Georgia · BCR 29

Rutledge Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 107 species recorded across 40 survey years, still active.

107Species Recorded
40Years Surveyed
1975–2024Span
7Observers

Bird Species Found on Georgia Rutledge

Top 40 of 107 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Rutledge route.
History
Northern CardinalCardinalidae862024+234%1978
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae682024+421%1978
American CrowCorvidae492024+3%1978
Mourning DoveColumbidae472024+66%1978
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae412024+715%1979
Blue JayCorvidae402024+44%1978
Barn SwallowHirundinidae372024+956%1978
Northern MockingbirdMimidae352024+76%1978
Tufted TitmouseParidae352024+128%1978
Purple MartinHirundinidae332024+227%1982
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae322024-61%1978
Carolina ChickadeeParidae322024+44%1978
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae252024+363%1985
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae192024-26%1978
Pine WarblerParulidae192024+222%1978
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae182024+56%1979
Eastern TowheePasserellidae172024-12%1978
House FinchFringillidae17202413×1997
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae162024+24%1978
Wood ThrushTurdidae162024-44%1980
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae152024+525%1978
Summer TanagerCardinalidae142024+9%1978
Brown ThrasherMimidae142024+82%1978
American GoldfinchFringillidae132024+867%1985
White-eyed VireoVireonidae132024+160%1978
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae122024-67%1978
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae112024-13%1978
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae102024+113%1978
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae92024+42%1978
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae92024+211%1978
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae92024+250%1979
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae82024+33%1978
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae72024-10%1978
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae72024+125%1980
Turkey VultureCathartidae62024+93%1978
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae62024+500%1980
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae62024+400%1978
Yellow-throated VireoVireonidae62024+100%1980
European StarlingSturnidae52024-7%1978
Red-shouldered HawkAccipitridae52024+29%1980

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