BBS Route · Mississippi · BCR 27

Lake Mary Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 87 species recorded across 7 survey years, no longer active.

Bird Species Found on Mississippi Lake Mary

Top 40 of 87 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Lake Mary 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
Northern CardinalCardinalidae651990-16%1977
American CrowCorvidae561990+21%1977
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae421990+37%1977
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae331988+22%1987
White-eyed VireoVireonidae321990-57%1977
Black VultureCathartidae221977+38%1974
Common GrackleIcteridae191989-33%1977
Painted BuntingCardinalidae191990+29%1977
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae191990-57%1977
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae181990-72%1977
Carolina ChickadeeParidae151990+152%1977
Brown-headed NuthatchSittidae151990+175%1988
Little Blue HeronArdeidae141990-57%1976
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae141990+60%1977
Kentucky WarblerParulidae141987+73%1976
Hooded WarblerParulidae131988+5%1976
Tufted TitmouseParidae131990-27%1977
Great EgretArdeidae101990-58%1974
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae101989-39%1977
Barn SwallowHirundinidae101990-5%1977
Field SparrowPasserellidae101987n/an/a
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae91990+129%1977
Blue JayCorvidae91990-51%1977
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae91990-36%1977
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae91990+17%1987
Yellow-throated VireoVireonidae91990+30%1977
Great Blue HeronArdeidae71990+60%1987
Pileated WoodpeckerPicidae71990+600%1974
Eastern TowheePasserellidae71990+10%1977
Mourning DoveColumbidae61990+25%1977
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae61989-40%1977
Purple MartinHirundinidae61989-63%1977
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae51990-23%1977
Orchard OrioleIcteridae51990-69%1977
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae51990-43%1977
House SparrowPasseridae51977+150%1974
Warbling VireoVireonidae51987n/an/a
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae41990-19%1977
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae41989+44%1977
Northern ParulaParulidae41990-50%1977

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