BBS Route · North Carolina · BCR 29

Ashland Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 89 species recorded across 21 survey years, still active.

89Species Recorded
21Years Surveyed
19992021Span
2Observers

Bird Species Found on North Carolina Ashland

Top 40 of 89 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Ashland route.
History
Northern CardinalCardinalidae222021-36%2001
American CrowCorvidae192021-60%2001
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae162021-59%2001
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae152021-58%2001
Northern MockingbirdMimidae142021+100%2001
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae142021-75%2001
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae122021-28%2001
Mourning DoveColumbidae92021-72%2001
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae92021-68%2001
Tufted TitmouseParidae82021-71%2001
Pine WarblerParulidae72021-73%2001
American RobinTurdidae62019-76%2001
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae52008-58%2001
Chimney SwiftApodidae42019-75%2001
American GoldfinchFringillidae42021-88%2001
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae42021+0%2001
Field SparrowPasserellidae42019+67%2002
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae32017-22%2001
Black VultureCathartidae32021+100%2001
Red-shouldered HawkAccipitridae32021+133%2001
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae32021+100%2001
Blue JayCorvidae32021-76%2001
Summer TanagerCardinalidae32021-73%2001
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae32013+0%2001
Yellow-throated VireoVireonidae32018-71%2001
Blue-headed VireoVireonidae32021-9%2001
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae32021+283%2001
Hooded WarblerParulidae32017-82%2001
Wood ThrushTurdidae32021-86%2001
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae32021+60%2008
Canada GooseAnatidae22004-58%2001
Great Blue HeronArdeidae22019+33%2010
KilldeerCharadriidae22017+17%2001
Turkey VultureCathartidae22021-60%2001
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae22021-84%2001
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae22021+0%2001
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae22021-63%2001
European StarlingSturnidae22019-92%2001
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae22021-95%2001
Orchard OrioleIcteridae22017+60%2001

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