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BBS Route · Minnesota · BCR 11

Worthington Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 90 species recorded across 20 survey years, still active.

90Species 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 →
2004–2025Span
2Observers

Bird Species Found on Minnesota Worthington

Top 40 of 90 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Worthington 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 BlackbirdIcteridae2022025+32%2006
Common GrackleIcteridae1072025-58%2006
American RobinTurdidae812025-8%2006
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianidae602025+16%2006
Barn SwallowHirundinidae472025+30%2006
Vesper SparrowPasserellidae432025+24%2006
House SparrowPasseridae402025+7%2006
KilldeerCharadriidae352025+136%2006
Mourning DoveColumbidae352025-1%2006
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae302025+138%2006
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae292025+274%2006
Common YellowthroatParulidae202025+11%2006
European StarlingSturnidae182025-75%2006
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae172025+225%2022
Ring-billed GullLaridae162016+59%2008
Franklin's GullLaridae142018-70%2008
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae132025+269%2006
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae122025+143%2006
Warbling VireoVireonidae122025+414%2006
Sedge WrenTroglodytidae102025+213%2008
Song SparrowPasserellidae82025-54%2006
DickcisselCardinalidae82025+180%2006
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae82025+143%2008
American White PelicanPelecanidae72023-80%2006
MallardAnatidae72025+50%2006
Brown ThrasherMimidae72024-25%2006
Black TernLaridae72006-42%2005
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocoracidae62025+62%2010
Blue JayCorvidae62025+71%2006
American CrowCorvidae52025-69%2006
Upland SandpiperScolopacidae42025+100%2007
BobolinkIcteridae42025-36%2006
Baltimore OrioleIcteridae42025+25%2006
American GoldfinchFringillidae42025-55%2006
Wood DuckAnatidae42025-33%2008
Red-headed WoodpeckerPicidae32025+80%2007
Yellow WarblerParulidae32025+80%2014
Savannah SparrowPasserellidae32025+100%2009
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae32025+150%2011
SoraRallidae22016+100%2004

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