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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 32 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 →
32Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1993–2025Span
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 WrenTroglodytidae642025+3%1995
Northern CardinalCardinalidae382025+28%1995
Mourning DoveColumbidae282025+41%1995
Brown-headed NuthatchSittidae272025+30%1995
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae262025+18%1995
Pine WarblerParulidae242025-19%1995
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae212025-19%1995
Eastern TowheePasserellidae212025-63%1995
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae212025-25%1995
Prothonotary WarblerParulidae202025+104%1995
Tufted TitmouseParidae202025+15%1995
American CrowCorvidae192025-27%1995
Common YellowthroatParulidae152025-61%1995
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae142025-65%1995
European StarlingSturnidae132025-6%1996
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae13201912×2005
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae112025-50%1995
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae102025-58%1995
Purple MartinHirundinidae92025-75%1995
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae92025+46%1996
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae92025+767%2012
Turkey VultureCathartidae82025+925%1999
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae82025-62%1995
Northern MockingbirdMimidae82025+35%1995
Carolina ChickadeeParidae72025-38%1995
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae72025+138%1997
Pileated WoodpeckerPicidae62025+36%1995
Red-headed WoodpeckerPicidae62025+190%1996
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae62025+38%1995
Blue JayCorvidae62025+70%1996
Common GrackleIcteridae62025+21%1995
Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgidae52025-24%1995
Barn SwallowHirundinidae52025-35%1998
Bachman's SparrowPasserellidae52025+88%1996
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae52025+400%2011
Red-shouldered HawkAccipitridae42025-11%1997
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae42025-35%1995
Chimney SwiftApodidae42017-60%1998
Summer TanagerCardinalidae42025-32%1995
White-eyed VireoVireonidae42025-66%1995

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