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BBS Route · Iowa · BCR 23

Festina Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 106 species recorded across 47 survey years, still active.

106Species 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 →
47Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1968–2025Span
11Observers

Bird Species Found on Iowa Festina

Top 40 of 106 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Festina 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
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae3362025+22%1970
House SparrowPasseridae1192025-77%1970
American RobinTurdidae912025+103%1970
Common GrackleIcteridae502025-73%1970
Mourning DoveColumbidae472025+49%1970
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae45202513×1974
Song SparrowPasserellidae392025+41%1970
Common YellowthroatParulidae372025+53%1970
European StarlingSturnidae352025-44%1970
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae352025-15%1970
KilldeerCharadriidae322025+889%1971
DickcisselCardinalidae302025-52%1970
Barn SwallowHirundinidae242025+63%1970
Northern CardinalCardinalidae232025+46%1970
American CrowCorvidae222025-27%1970
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae192025+17%1970
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianidae182025-32%1970
Gray CatbirdMimidae182025+112%1970
American GoldfinchFringillidae172025-22%1970
Tree SwallowHirundinidae172025+133%1985
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae152025-43%1970
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae142025+218%1970
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae142025+53%2022
Rock PigeonColumbidae122025-29%1970
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae122025-38%1970
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae92025+75%1970
Warbling VireoVireonidae92025+58%1970
Savannah SparrowPasserellidae92025-19%1973
Blue JayCorvidae82025+10%1970
BobolinkIcteridae62022-87%1970
American RedstartParulidae62025+267%1978
Brown ThrasherMimidae62025-45%1970
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae52025+22%1970
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae52025-55%1970
Pied-billed GrebePodicipedidae52005+400%1970
Orchard OrioleIcteridae42025+67%1986
Grasshopper SparrowPasserellidae42024-47%1970
Bald EagleAccipitridae32025+20%2003
Eastern Screech-OwlStrigidae21968n/an/a
Hairy WoodpeckerPicidae22021+0%1978

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