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Thurston Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 97 species recorded across 47 survey years, still active.

97Species Recorded
47Years Surveyed
1967–2024Span
6Observers

Bird Species Found on Nebraska Thurston

Top 40 of 97 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Thurston route.
History
American RobinTurdidae572024+107%1971
Mourning DoveColumbidae432024-19%1971
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianidae372024-13%1971
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae372024+161%1971
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae372024-15%1971
DickcisselCardinalidae302024-80%1971
Common GrackleIcteridae292024-84%1971
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae212024-16%1971
Barn SwallowHirundinidae162024+3%1971
House SparrowPasseridae162024-92%1971
Blue JayCorvidae122024-6%1971
Baltimore OrioleIcteridae102024+160%1971
Field SparrowPasserellidae102024-21%1971
Red-headed WoodpeckerPicidae92024-77%1971
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae92024-90%1971
Northern CardinalCardinalidae92024-22%1971
Common YellowthroatParulidae92024-43%1971
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae82024-20%1971
Yellow WarblerParulidae72024+200%1971
Gray CatbirdMimidae62024-11%1971
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae62018+29%1977
American RedstartParulidae62024+150%2007
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae52023-41%1971
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae52024+133%1971
Brown ThrasherMimidae52024-49%1971
Orchard OrioleIcteridae52024+200%1972
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae52024+167%1988
American GoldfinchFringillidae42024-53%1971
Rose-breasted GrosbeakCardinalidae42024-49%1971
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae42024-67%1971
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae42012-94%1977
Wood DuckAnatidae42023+50%1996
House FinchFringillidae42023+20%2002
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae42024+38%2021
American CrowCorvidae32024-75%1971
European StarlingSturnidae32023-54%1971
Lark SparrowPasserellidae32024+39%1971
Warbling VireoVireonidae32024+138%1971
Song SparrowPasserellidae32024+75%1981
Vesper SparrowPasserellidae32024-13%1986

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