BBS Route · Montana · BCR 10

Pablo Res. Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 121 species recorded across 28 survey years, still active.

121Species Recorded
28Years Surveyed
19952024Span
5Observers

Bird Species Found on Montana Pablo Res.

Top 40 of 121 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Pablo Res. route.
History
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae2192024+15%1997
European StarlingSturnidae1442024+148%1997
Rock PigeonColumbidae1352024+179%1997
House SparrowPasseridae1142024+263%1997
Savannah SparrowPasserellidae1132024+462%1998
Yellow-headed BlackbirdIcteridae882024+120%1997
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae482024+31%1997
Ring-billed GullLaridae472024-20%1998
Tree SwallowHirundinidae392024+232%2000
Bank SwallowHirundinidae342023+66%1997
Vesper SparrowPasserellidae332024-9%1997
Wilson's SnipeScolopacidae252024+56%1997
KilldeerCharadriidae252024+75%1997
American RobinTurdidae242024+146%1997
California GullLaridae211998+600%1995
Black-billed MagpieCorvidae192024+692%1997
MallardAnatidae172024+133%1997
Western Wood-PeweeTyrannidae172024+307%1997
Marsh WrenTroglodytidae142024+686%2001
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae132024-11%1997
Common YellowthroatParulidae132024+105%1997
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae122024+223%1997
Red-tailed HawkAccipitridae102024+52%1997
Yellow WarblerParulidae102024+169%1998
Barn SwallowHirundinidae92024-52%1997
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae72024-18%1997
Black-capped ChickadeeParidae72023+160%2004
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae72024+59%2014
GadwallAnatidae62023+160%1998
American CrowCorvidae62024+31%1997
Northern ShovelerAnatidae61998n/an/a
Sandhill CraneGruidae62021+167%2012
Blue-winged TealAnatidae52023+200%1998
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianidae52024-67%1997
Mourning DoveColumbidae52024+29%1997
Cinnamon TealAnatidae52016+60%2004
Gray PartridgePhasianidae52005+75%1998
Bald EagleAccipitridae52024+167%2013
Vaux's SwiftApodidae52010n/an/a
Great Blue HeronArdeidae42024+33%1997

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