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BBS Route · Indiana · BCR 23

Laporte Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 81 species recorded across 13 survey years, still active.

81Species Recorded
13Years Surveyed
1999–2024Span
4Observers

Bird Species Found on Indiana Laporte

Top 40 of 81 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Laporte route.
History
American RobinTurdidae872024+79%2001
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae682024+35%2001
Song SparrowPasserellidae552024+5%2001
European StarlingSturnidae482024-66%2001
House SparrowPasseridae372024-36%2001
Common GrackleIcteridae362024-22%2001
Canada GooseAnatidae322022+167%2004
Northern CardinalCardinalidae282024+50%2001
American CrowCorvidae252024+1%2001
Barn SwallowHirundinidae242024+23%2001
Mourning DoveColumbidae212024+15%2001
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae192024-33%2001
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae192024+35%2001
KilldeerCharadriidae182024+72%2001
Rock PigeonColumbidae152024+121%2001
House FinchFringillidae142024-21%2001
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae142024-54%2001
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae112024-43%2001
Common YellowthroatParulidae102024+107%2001
Blue JayCorvidae92024-34%2001
Gray CatbirdMimidae92024-11%2001
Vesper SparrowPasserellidae82023-83%2001
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae72023+83%2001
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae72024+0%2001
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae72024+46%2004
Baltimore OrioleIcteridae62023+71%2002
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae62023+125%2016
DickcisselCardinalidae62024+43%2016
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae52024+22%2001
Horned LarkAlaudidae52024-58%2001
American GoldfinchFringillidae52024-75%2001
Chimney SwiftApodidae42022-47%2001
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae42022-14%2001
Warbling VireoVireonidae42024+217%2002
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae42024+40%2001
Eastern TowheePasserellidae42022+20%2002
Bank SwallowHirundinidae32014+150%2000
MallardAnatidae32023+67%2003
Black-capped ChickadeeParidae32022-25%2015
Red-tailed HawkAccipitridae22024-42%2002

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