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BBS Route · New Jersey · BCR 30

Ocean City Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 71 species recorded across 34 survey years, still active.

71Species 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 →
34Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1979–2024Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on New Jersey Ocean City

Top 40 of 71 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 GullLaridae3472024-40%1981
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae602024-44%1981
House SparrowPasseridae342024-72%1981
Barn SwallowHirundinidae322024-67%1981
Herring GullLaridae282024+50%1981
Song SparrowPasserellidae272024+1%1981
Fish CrowCorvidae232024+6%1981
Boat-tailed GrackleIcteridae232024+59%1981
OspreyPandionidae202024+290%1981
WilletScolopacidae182024-68%1981
European StarlingSturnidae172024-86%1981
Mourning DoveColumbidae152024+43%1981
American RobinTurdidae142024-38%1981
House FinchFringillidae142024+35%1983
Clapper RailRallidae112024+258%1981
White IbisThreskiornithidae11202211×1989
Snowy EgretArdeidae102024-43%1981
Common GrackleIcteridae102024-82%1981
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae102022+533%2003
Canada GooseAnatidae92018-50%1997
Forster's TernLaridae82024-44%1981
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocoracidae82024+341%1983
Rock PigeonColumbidae82024-90%1981
Gray CatbirdMimidae82024+167%1984
Northern CardinalCardinalidae72024+33%1981
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae61993+100%1983
Common YellowthroatParulidae52024-63%1981
Northern MockingbirdMimidae52024-76%1981
American OystercatcherHaematopodidae52022+113%1983
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae52015n/an/a
Great EgretArdeidae42024+7%1981
MallardAnatidae32015-65%1981
Glossy IbisThreskiornithidae32022-60%1981
Black-crowned Night HeronArdeidae32019-50%1981
Chimney SwiftApodidae32022-38%1983
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae32024+250%2009
Common TernLaridae22024-86%1981
American Black DuckAnatidae22022+80%1983
American GoldfinchFringillidae22022-50%1986
Tree SwallowHirundinidae22021-74%1981

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