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BBS Route · Indiana · BCR 24

Clear Spring Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 110 species recorded across 41 survey years, still active.

110Species Recorded
41Years Surveyed
1981–2024Span
2Observers

Bird Species Found on Indiana Clear Spring

Top 40 of 110 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Clear Spring route.
History
European StarlingSturnidae672024+60%1983
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae54202443×2008
Mourning DoveColumbidae532024-3%1983
American RobinTurdidae472024+31%1983
Northern CardinalCardinalidae362024-25%1983
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae322024-77%1983
American CrowCorvidae302024-26%1983
Song SparrowPasserellidae272024+20%1983
Blue JayCorvidae212024-15%1983
Canada GooseAnatidae212023+17%2001
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae192024+258%1983
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae182024-32%1983
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae182024-41%1983
Common YellowthroatParulidae172024-56%1983
House SparrowPasseridae172024-87%1983
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae162024+5%1983
Barn SwallowHirundinidae162024-50%1983
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae142024-68%1983
Wood ThrushTurdidae142024+41%1983
Tufted TitmouseParidae122024-9%1983
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae122024+200%1990
Field SparrowPasserellidae112024-78%1983
Eastern TowheePasserellidae112024+3%1983
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae112024-42%1983
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae102024-37%1983
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae82024-46%1983
American GoldfinchFringillidae82024-71%1983
Purple MartinHirundinidae82024-45%1983
Red-shouldered HawkAccipitridae82024+233%2012
Rock PigeonColumbidae72024-54%1983
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae72023+333%1999
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae62024-64%1983
Warbling VireoVireonidae62024-13%1983
White-eyed VireoVireonidae62024-19%1983
Northern MockingbirdMimidae62024+600%1987
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae62024+108%1983
Carolina ChickadeeParidae62024-31%1983
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae52024-78%1983
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae52024+17%1983
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae52024-38%1983

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