BBS Route · Nebraska · BCR 18

Dalton Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 88 species recorded across 31 survey years, still active.

88Species Recorded
31Years Surveyed
19682024Span
9Observers

Bird Species Found on Nebraska Dalton

Top 40 of 88 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Dalton route.
History
Horned LarkAlaudidae2002024+173%1970
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae1622024-26%1970
Mourning DoveColumbidae1552024+81%1970
House SparrowPasseridae1082024-9%1970
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae922024+124%1971
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae742024+230%1970
Common GrackleIcteridae572024+240%1970
European StarlingSturnidae532024+415%1970
Lark SparrowPasserellidae352024+6%1970
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae25202412×2006
Western KingbirdTyrannidae232024+103%1970
Lark BuntingPasserellidae232024-76%1970
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae222024+419%1971
American RobinTurdidae202024+228%1970
Barn SwallowHirundinidae142024+117%1971
Common NighthawkCaprimulgidae142024+467%1976
Grasshopper SparrowPasserellidae122024-29%1970
DickcisselCardinalidae102024+92%1971
Bank SwallowHirundinidae101987n/an/a
Black-billed MagpieCorvidae82024+38%1971
Bullock's OrioleIcteridae82024+42%1973
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae72024+78%1970
BobolinkIcteridae72015n/an/a
KilldeerCharadriidae52024-8%1970
Loggerhead ShrikeLaniidae52024+125%1971
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae52024+46%1973
Orchard OrioleIcteridae52024+143%1974
Upland SandpiperScolopacidae42024+0%1970
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianidae42024-66%1970
Blue JayCorvidae42024+50%1975
Long-billed CurlewScolopacidae32006+0%1969
Rock PigeonColumbidae32024+100%1977
Red-tailed HawkAccipitridae32024+150%1970
Baltimore OrioleIcteridae32024+40%1986
American KestrelFalconidae32024+120%1982
Swainson's HawkAccipitridae32022+20%1978
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae22009-20%1982
Brewer's SparrowPasserellidae21969n/an/a
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae22024+46%1971
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae22024+230%1981

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