BBS Route · Minnesota · BCR 23

Brook Park Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 115 species recorded across 16 survey years, still active.

115Species Recorded
16Years Surveyed
19982024Span
4Observers

Bird Species Found on Minnesota Brook Park

Top 40 of 115 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Brook Park route.
History
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae1122024-16%2003
Common YellowthroatParulidae682024+29%2003
American RobinTurdidae402024+66%2003
Song SparrowPasserellidae352024+26%2003
Black-capped ChickadeeParidae352024+142%2003
American CrowCorvidae342024-9%2003
VeeryTurdidae332024+26%2003
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae322024+184%2003
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae312024+82%2003
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae292024+246%2003
Sedge WrenTroglodytidae272024+18%2003
Blue JayCorvidae242024+71%2003
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae242024+233%2005
American GoldfinchFringillidae222024-38%2003
Tree SwallowHirundinidae212024-69%2003
Yellow WarblerParulidae212024+63%2003
American RedstartParulidae212024+93%2005
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae212024+280%2004
Swamp SparrowPasserellidae172024+127%2005
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae172024+109%2004
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae172024-31%2003
Gray CatbirdMimidae172024+21%2003
Rock PigeonColumbidae162024+60%2003
Clay-colored SparrowPasserellidae162024+73%2005
OvenbirdParulidae142024+3%2003
Least FlycatcherTyrannidae122024+0%2005
Yellow-throated VireoVireonidae122024+233%2004
Mourning DoveColumbidae112024+31%2003
European StarlingSturnidae112021-32%2003
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae112024+19%2005
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianidae92024+280%2003
Common GrackleIcteridae92024+40%2003
Wood ThrushTurdidae92024+214%2003
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae92024+57%2005
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae82024+475%2005
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae72024-44%2003
Sandhill CraneGruidae72024-44%2005
Great Blue HeronArdeidae62024+175%2005
BobolinkIcteridae62024-10%2003
Baltimore OrioleIcteridae62021+80%2003

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