BBS Route · Maryland · BCR 28

Floyd Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 117 species recorded across 55 survey years, still active.

117Species Recorded
55Years Surveyed
19662024Span
6Observers

Bird Species Found on Maryland Floyd

Top 40 of 117 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Floyd route.
History
American RobinTurdidae562024-9%1968
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae472024+60%1968
Song SparrowPasserellidae242024+2%1968
American CrowCorvidae162024-16%1968
Gray CatbirdMimidae142024-17%1968
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae122024-69%1968
Common YellowthroatParulidae122024+28%1968
American GoldfinchFringillidae112024-7%1968
Common GrackleIcteridae102024-86%1968
Eastern TowheePasserellidae92024-62%1968
Blue JayCorvidae92024+200%1970
Tufted TitmouseParidae82024+333%1968
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae82024+450%1981
Mourning DoveColumbidae72024+600%1968
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae72024+83%1968
Rock PigeonColumbidae72023-17%1977
BobolinkIcteridae72024+567%1973
Chimney SwiftApodidae62022+86%1971
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae62024-41%1968
Scarlet TanagerCardinalidae62024-28%1968
OvenbirdParulidae62024+0%1968
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae62024-12%1968
Canada GooseAnatidae62023-41%2007
Northern CardinalCardinalidae52024+200%1968
Wood ThrushTurdidae52024-61%1968
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae52024+67%1969
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae42024-28%1968
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae42024-76%1968
Baltimore OrioleIcteridae42024-33%1968
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae42024-58%1968
American RedstartParulidae42024-73%1968
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae42022+150%1971
Belted KingfisherAlcedinidae42001+75%1974
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae42019+150%1985
Field SparrowPasserellidae32024-81%1968
Barn SwallowHirundinidae32024+25%1968
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae32024-29%1968
Louisiana WaterthrushParulidae32024+27%1968
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae32024+14%1968
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae31974-44%1969

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