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BBS Route · Nebraska · BCR 18

Agate 2 Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 80 species recorded across 17 survey years, still active.

80Species Recorded
17Years Surveyed
2002–2024Span
4Observers

Bird Species Found on Nebraska Agate 2

Top 40 of 80 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Agate 2 route.
History
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae2602024+11%2004
Horned LarkAlaudidae2152024+4%2004
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae1322024+91%2004
European StarlingSturnidae672024-27%2004
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae642024-66%2004
Lark BuntingPasserellidae622024-54%2004
Mourning DoveColumbidae542024+19%2004
Common GrackleIcteridae502024+161%2004
Yellow-headed BlackbirdIcteridae242024+414%2011
Lark SparrowPasserellidae232024-11%2004
Grasshopper SparrowPasserellidae222024+64%2004
Western KingbirdTyrannidae142024-19%2004
American GoldfinchFringillidae142024-10%2005
DickcisselCardinalidae142024+162%2010
Barn SwallowHirundinidae92024-20%2004
Upland SandpiperScolopacidae72024-17%2004
Orchard OrioleIcteridae62024+88%2004
American RobinTurdidae62024+18%2004
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae62024+150%2010
Long-billed CurlewScolopacidae52024-27%2005
KilldeerCharadriidae52023-50%2004
Common NighthawkCaprimulgidae52024+160%2005
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae52024+13%2004
Bank SwallowHirundinidae52022-33%2005
Yellow WarblerParulidae52024+200%2004
Northern HarrierAccipitridae42024+100%2006
Western Wood-PeweeTyrannidae42024+22%2005
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae42024-44%2004
Rock WrenTroglodytidae42024+50%2004
Say's PhoebeTyrannidae42024-27%2005
MallardAnatidae32023-40%2006
Common YellowthroatParulidae32024+117%2004
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae32024+156%2009
Wilson's PhalaropeScolopacidae32008n/an/a
Great Blue HeronArdeidae22024-20%2004
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianidae22023-29%2006
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae22024+26%2004
Wilson's SnipeScolopacidae22024+67%2005
Burrowing OwlStrigidae22024+67%2005
Bullock's OrioleIcteridae22024+0%2010

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