BBS Route · Massachusetts · BCR 30

N. Andover Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 100 species recorded across 18 survey years, still active.

100Species Recorded
18Years Surveyed
19952024Span
4Observers

Bird Species Found on Massachusetts N. Andover

Top 40 of 100 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the N. Andover route.
History
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae632024+67%1998
Northern CardinalCardinalidae302024+98%1998
American RobinTurdidae292024-40%1998
Tufted TitmouseParidae252024-8%1998
Common GrackleIcteridae202024-41%1998
Tree SwallowHirundinidae172024+917%1998
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae162024-44%1998
Song SparrowPasserellidae162024-18%1998
Common YellowthroatParulidae142024-52%1998
OvenbirdParulidae132024-45%1998
Gray CatbirdMimidae132024-68%1998
American GoldfinchFringillidae122024-52%1998
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae112024+17%1998
Yellow WarblerParulidae112024-43%1998
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae112024+386%2003
Mourning DoveColumbidae102024-58%1998
American CrowCorvidae102024-57%1998
House FinchFringillidae102024-40%1998
Black-capped ChickadeeParidae102024-78%1998
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae82024-14%1998
Warbling VireoVireonidae82024+56%1998
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae82024+300%1999
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae82024+600%2007
Canada GooseAnatidae72024-62%1999
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae72024-10%1998
Willow FlycatcherTyrannidae72024+267%2016
Blue JayCorvidae72024-67%1998
Pine WarblerParulidae72024-3%1998
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae62024-46%1998
Swamp SparrowPasserellidae52024+125%1998
House SparrowPasseridae52024-44%1998
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae52024+28%1998
VeeryTurdidae52024-71%1998
Great Blue HeronArdeidae52024+200%2002
Baltimore OrioleIcteridae42024-73%1998
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae32024+75%2000
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae32024-35%1998
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae32024-75%1998
Purple FinchFringillidae31995n/an/a
Chestnut-sided WarblerParulidae32004-17%1997

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