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BBS Route · Michigan · BCR 23

New Buffalo Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 110 species recorded across 20 survey years, no longer active.

110Species 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 →
20Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1992–2014Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on Michigan New Buffalo

Top 40 of 110 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the New Buffalo 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 BlackbirdIcteridae732014+1%1994
American RobinTurdidae602014-26%1994
House SparrowPasseridae392014-10%1994
Northern CardinalCardinalidae332014-21%1994
American CrowCorvidae322014-40%1994
Song SparrowPasserellidae312014-44%1994
European StarlingSturnidae282014-28%1994
Mourning DoveColumbidae202014-32%1994
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae172014-17%1994
House FinchFringillidae172014-43%1994
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae172014-36%1994
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae172014-33%1994
Gray CatbirdMimidae162014-7%1994
Common YellowthroatParulidae142014-14%1994
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae132014-29%1994
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae132014+89%1994
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae122014-29%1994
Barn SwallowHirundinidae122014-8%1994
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae122014+113%2005
Common GrackleIcteridae112014-86%1994
American GoldfinchFringillidae112014-39%1994
Ring-billed GullLaridae112013-10%2003
Warbling VireoVireonidae102014+21%1994
Yellow WarblerParulidae102014-39%1994
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae92014+5%1994
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae82014-6%1994
Field SparrowPasserellidae82014+12%1994
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae82014+633%1994
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae72014-10%1994
Blue JayCorvidae72014-27%1994
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae62014+0%1994
Tufted TitmouseParidae62014-67%1994
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae52014+90%1994
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae52014-19%1994
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae52014-54%1994
Vesper SparrowPasserellidae52014-4%1994
Great EgretArdeidae52008n/an/a
KilldeerCharadriidae42014-63%1994
Eastern TowheePasserellidae42014-50%1994
Rose-breasted GrosbeakCardinalidae42014-57%1994

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