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BBS Route · Georgia · BCR 27

Tarver Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 78 species recorded across 21 survey years, still active.

78Species 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 →
21Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1991–2025Span
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.
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
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae782025+350%1993
Northern CardinalCardinalidae492025+46%1993
Little Blue HeronArdeidae312025+920%1993
Common YellowthroatParulidae312025-42%1993
Mourning DoveColumbidae282025+471%1993
Black VultureCathartidae23202515×1994
Northern ParulaParulidae222025+52%1993
American CrowCorvidae212025-21%1993
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae172025-6%1993
Eastern TowheePasserellidae172025-33%1993
White-eyed VireoVireonidae162025+26%1993
Common GrackleIcteridae152025+425%1993
Turkey VultureCathartidae102025+164%1993
Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgidae92025+136%1996
Gray CatbirdMimidae82023-59%1993
White IbisThreskiornithidae82025-44%1994
Barn SwallowHirundinidae72025+400%1996
Red-shouldered HawkAccipitridae62025+25%1993
Fish CrowCorvidae62025-12%1993
Prothonotary WarblerParulidae62025-27%1993
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae52025+19%1993
Chimney SwiftApodidae52024-44%1993
Blue JayCorvidae52025+180%1994
Northern MockingbirdMimidae52025-36%1994
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae52025+43%1994
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae42025+0%1994
Brown ThrasherMimidae42025-14%1997
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae32025-4%1993
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae32025-35%1993
Pileated WoodpeckerPicidae32025-4%1993
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae32025+29%1993
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae32025-67%2009
Mississippi KiteAccipitridae32025+100%2013
Boat-tailed GrackleIcteridae32024+200%2019
Great EgretArdeidae22025+13%1994
Red-tailed HawkAccipitridae22014+67%1993
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae22024+50%1993
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae22025-14%1993
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae22025+280%1993
Great Blue HeronArdeidae22021-20%1994

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-08-14. A route is a sample, not a census.