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BBS Route · Montana · BCR 10

Fish Creek Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 85 species recorded across 28 survey years, still active.

85Species Recorded
28Years Surveyed
1995–2024Span
2Observers

Bird Species Found on Montana Fish Creek

Top 40 of 85 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Fish Creek route.
History
Pine SiskinFringillidae1152024+600%1997
Swainson's ThrushTurdidae552024+110%1997
Warbling VireoVireonidae502024+121%1997
Townsend's WarblerParulidae352024+68%1997
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae332024+168%1997
Dusky FlycatcherTyrannidae322024-44%1997
Hammond's FlycatcherTyrannidae292024+189%1997
Yellow WarblerParulidae282024+60%1998
MacGillivray's WarblerParulidae242024-41%1997
Western TanagerCardinalidae222024+200%1997
Song SparrowPasserellidae202024+79%1997
Cassin's VireoVireonidae182024+100%1997
American RobinTurdidae172024+22%1997
Ruby-crowned KingletRegulidae162024-66%1997
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae102024+56%1997
Willow FlycatcherTyrannidae92024-36%1997
Common RavenCorvidae92024+38%1997
Red-breasted NuthatchSittidae82024+175%1997
American RedstartParulidae82024+133%1999
Red CrossbillFringillidae72023+250%1998
Evening GrosbeakFringillidae62024+114%2017
Black-capped ChickadeeParidae62024+300%1997
Ruffed GrousePhasianidae62021-19%1999
Belted KingfisherAlcedinidae62024-27%2000
Nashville WarblerParulidae62024+67%1998
Tree SwallowHirundinidae62022-18%2004
Lazuli BuntingCardinalidae62024+71%2003
Common MerganserAnatidae62019+250%2007
Golden-crowned KingletRegulidae52024-27%1997
Least FlycatcherTyrannidae42000+10%1997
Fox SparrowPasserellidae42024+100%2022
Hermit ThrushTurdidae42024+300%2022
Black-headed GrosbeakCardinalidae32024-44%1998
Common YellowthroatParulidae32024+83%1998
Canada JayCorvidae32022-14%2002
Cassin's FinchFringillidae32024+0%2001
Common NighthawkCaprimulgidae32023+200%2001
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae32021-43%2017
Dusky GrousePhasianidae32021n/an/a
Vaux's SwiftApodidae21995n/an/a

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