BBS Route · Georgia · BCR 27

Tarver Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 78 species recorded across 20 survey years, still active.

78Species Recorded
20Years Surveyed
19912024Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on Georgia Tarver

Top 40 of 78 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Tarver route.
History
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae902024+358%1993
Northern CardinalCardinalidae732024+56%1993
American CrowCorvidae342024-10%1993
Mourning DoveColumbidae312024+494%1993
Common YellowthroatParulidae282024-33%1993
Eastern TowheePasserellidae242024-30%1993
White IbisThreskiornithidae232024-25%1994
Common GrackleIcteridae192024+642%1993
White-eyed VireoVireonidae192024+57%1993
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae162024-25%1993
Little Blue HeronArdeidae152024+540%1993
Turkey VultureCathartidae152024+121%1993
Northern ParulaParulidae152024+31%1993
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae142024+71%1993
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae132024+11%1993
Pileated WoodpeckerPicidae122024+8%1993
Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgidae122024+173%1996
Pine WarblerParulidae112024+16%1993
Tufted TitmouseParidae112024+138%1993
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae112024+500%1993
Black VultureCathartidae8202416×1994
Gray CatbirdMimidae82023-59%1993
Red-shouldered HawkAccipitridae62024+6%1993
Chimney SwiftApodidae52024-44%1993
Fish CrowCorvidae52024-18%1993
Great EgretArdeidae42024+0%1994
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae42024+43%1993
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae32024+71%1993
Blue JayCorvidae32024+140%1994
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae32024-10%1994
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae32022+14%1993
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae32024-14%1994
Boat-tailed GrackleIcteridae32024+200%2019
Red-tailed HawkAccipitridae22014+67%1993
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae22024+50%1993
Carolina ChickadeeParidae22019+0%2000
Great Blue HeronArdeidae22021-20%1994
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae22024+175%1996
Wood ThrushTurdidae22024-38%1994
Purple MartinHirundinidae22023-14%2000

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