BBS Route · Mississippi · BCR 27

Embry Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 95 species recorded across 36 survey years, still active.

95Species Recorded
36Years Surveyed
19882024Span
1Observers

Bird Species Found on Mississippi Embry

Top 40 of 95 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Embry route.
History
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae702024+664%2010
American CrowCorvidae432024-1%1990
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae322024-13%1990
Northern CardinalCardinalidae302024-36%1990
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae302024+609%1990
Wood ThrushTurdidae282024+62%1990
Mourning DoveColumbidae252024-58%1990
Pine WarblerParulidae222024+66%1990
Tufted TitmouseParidae222024+38%1990
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae182024-17%1990
White-eyed VireoVireonidae182024+211%1990
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae182024+19%1990
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae172012-46%2003
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae162024+64%1990
Northern MockingbirdMimidae162024-43%1990
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae142024-33%1990
Summer TanagerCardinalidae142024+44%1990
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae142024-39%1990
Blue JayCorvidae112024-64%1990
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae102024-7%1990
Kentucky WarblerParulidae102024+300%1991
Common YellowthroatParulidae102024-21%1990
Carolina ChickadeeParidae102024+9%1990
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae102024+79%1990
Canada GooseAnatidae102019n/an/a
Hooded WarblerParulidae92024+433%1996
Northern ParulaParulidae82024+333%2013
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae72024+400%1995
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae72024+220%1990
Black VultureCathartidae72024+400%2000
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae62024-92%1990
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae62024-62%1990
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae62024+380%1990
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae52024-79%1990
Orchard OrioleIcteridae52024+178%1991
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae52024-24%1990
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae52024-28%1990
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae42024-47%1990
Eastern TowheePasserellidae42024-57%1990
Black-and-white WarblerParulidae42024+200%1995

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