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BBS Route · North Carolina · BCR 27

Broad Creek Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 106 species recorded across 31 survey years, still active.

106Species 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 →
31Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1993–2024Span
6Observers

Bird Species Found on North Carolina Broad Creek

Top 40 of 106 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Broad Creek 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
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae602024+8%1995
Mourning DoveColumbidae412024+30%1995
Northern CardinalCardinalidae362024+1%1995
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae292024+16%1995
Pine WarblerParulidae292024-11%1995
Brown-headed NuthatchSittidae252024+17%1995
Prothonotary WarblerParulidae232024+119%1995
Common YellowthroatParulidae232024-60%1995
Red-headed WoodpeckerPicidae222024+210%1996
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae212024-41%1995
Eastern TowheePasserellidae202024-63%1995
Common GrackleIcteridae192024+64%1995
Tufted TitmouseParidae192024-7%1995
Carolina ChickadeeParidae182024-2%1995
Turkey VultureCathartidae142024+775%1999
House FinchFringillidae132024+275%2002
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae13201912×2005
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae122024+54%1995
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae122024-47%1995
European StarlingSturnidae112024-6%1996
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae92024-51%1995
American CrowCorvidae92024-39%1995
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae92024-65%1995
Northern MockingbirdMimidae92024+29%1995
Blue JayCorvidae82024+110%1996
White-eyed VireoVireonidae82024-68%1995
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae72024-68%1995
Summer TanagerCardinalidae72024-37%1995
Bachman's SparrowPasserellidae72024+75%1996
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae72024+31%1996
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae72024+213%1997
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae62024-31%1995
Pileated WoodpeckerPicidae62024+73%1995
Barn SwallowHirundinidae62024+5%1998
Brown ThrasherMimidae62024+67%1995
Canada GooseAnatidae62024+300%2005
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae52024-35%1995
Purple MartinHirundinidae52024-78%1995
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae52022+667%2012
Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgidae42024-47%1995

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