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BBS Route · Louisiana · BCR 37

Esther Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 111 species recorded across 28 survey years, still active.

111Species 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 →
28Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1988–2025Span
6Observers

Bird Species Found on Louisiana Esther

Top 40 of 111 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Esther 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
Wood StorkCiconiidae3782014-76%2003
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae3092025+39%1990
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae1892025-7%1990
White IbisThreskiornithidae1782025+83%1994
Common GrackleIcteridae662025+103%1990
Barn SwallowHirundinidae602025+262%1990
Northern CardinalCardinalidae592025-17%1990
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae502025-9%1990
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae432025+73%1990
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae412025+84%2011
Northern MockingbirdMimidae402025+4%1990
European StarlingSturnidae262025-48%1990
Cave SwallowHirundinidae202025+27%2022
Great EgretArdeidae182025-19%1990
American CrowCorvidae182025+409%1990
Mourning DoveColumbidae172025+159%1990
Blue JayCorvidae172025+86%1990
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae132025+86%1990
Purple MartinHirundinidae132025-14%1990
Neotropic CormorantPhalacrocoracidae132025-60%1997
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae122025-9%1990
Little Blue HeronArdeidae112025-56%1990
Common YellowthroatParulidae112025+93%1990
Laughing GullLaridae112021+77%1997
Black-necked StiltRecurvirostridae102025+18%1992
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocoracidae92014-19%1994
Snowy EgretArdeidae92025+74%1992
LimpkinAramidae92025+50%2023
Carolina ChickadeeParidae82025+28%1990
Fish CrowCorvidae82025+42%1994
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae82025+483%2002
KilldeerCharadriidae72025-59%1990
Chimney SwiftApodidae72025+33%1990
Black-bellied Whistling-DuckAnatidae72025+132%2009
White-faced IbisThreskiornithidae62025+748%1992
White-eyed VireoVireonidae62025-23%1990
Mottled DuckAnatidae52024-66%1990
Tufted TitmouseParidae52024+400%1990
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae42025-41%1990
Loggerhead ShrikeLaniidae42025-83%1990

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