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BBS Route · New Jersey · BCR 30

Ocean City Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 72 species recorded across 35 survey years, still active.

72Species RecordedSpecies recordedDistinct species detected on standard-protocol BBS runs here across all years on record — a measure of survey breadth, not a complete checklist.Full methodology →
35Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1979–2025Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on New Jersey Ocean City

Top 40 of 72 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Ocean City route.
Recent countThe raw number of individuals recorded on this route in its most recent survey year. A single-route tally, not a trend.Full methodology →TrendPercent change in the route-weighted abundance index between a smoothed baseline window and the most recent one. It tracks direction, not absolute population.Full methodology →Baseline yearThe first year of the smoothed window the trend is measured from. An earlier baseline means a longer record stands behind the number.Full methodology →History
Laughing GullLaridae1602025-44%1981
House SparrowPasseridae502025-66%1981
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae412025-47%1981
Boat-tailed GrackleIcteridae322025+85%1981
Herring GullLaridae242025+24%1981
Song SparrowPasserellidae222025-9%1981
Great EgretArdeidae162025-20%1981
OspreyPandionidae162025+285%1981
Fish CrowCorvidae162025-5%1981
European StarlingSturnidae162025-86%1981
Barn SwallowHirundinidae162025-70%1981
American RobinTurdidae162025-50%1981
House FinchFringillidae132025+65%1983
WilletScolopacidae112025-70%1981
Mourning DoveColumbidae112025+20%1981
Canada GooseAnatidae92018-50%1997
Rock PigeonColumbidae82024-90%1981
Common YellowthroatParulidae82025-38%1981
Forster's TernLaridae72025-36%1981
White IbisThreskiornithidae72025+600%1989
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocoracidae62025+32%1983
Northern CardinalCardinalidae62025+40%1981
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae61993+100%1983
Great Black-backed GullLaridae62025+200%1989
Gray CatbirdMimidae52025+233%1984
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae52015n/an/a
Royal TernLaridae52025n/an/a
Northern MockingbirdMimidae42025-81%1981
Common TernLaridae32025-88%1981
MallardAnatidae32015-65%1981
Chimney SwiftApodidae32022-38%1983
Common GrackleIcteridae32025-84%1981
Tree SwallowHirundinidae32025-68%1981
American Black DuckAnatidae22022+80%1983
Black-crowned Night HeronArdeidae22025-61%1981
Clapper RailRallidae22025+83%1981
American GoldfinchFringillidae22022-50%1986
American OystercatcherHaematopodidae22025+38%1983
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae22025-75%1983
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae22025+100%2009

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-08-14. A route is a sample, not a census.