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BBS Route · North Carolina · BCR 29

Durham Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 94 species recorded across 33 survey years, still active.

94Species Recorded
33Years Surveyed
1990–2024Span
4Observers

Bird Species Found on North Carolina Durham

Top 40 of 94 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Durham route.
History
American CrowCorvidae722024+145%1992
Northern CardinalCardinalidae712024+52%1992
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae462024+108%1992
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae422024-10%1992
Tufted TitmouseParidae422024+35%1992
Mourning DoveColumbidae412024-26%1992
Northern MockingbirdMimidae302024+57%1992
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae262024-9%1992
Carolina ChickadeeParidae262024+107%1992
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae252024+116%1992
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae222024+67%1992
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae162024-46%1992
House FinchFringillidae162024+586%1992
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae162024+104%1992
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae152024-16%1992
Turkey VultureCathartidae142024+429%1992
White-eyed VireoVireonidae142024+300%1996
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae132024+89%1993
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae132024-65%1992
Blue JayCorvidae122024-32%1992
Pine WarblerParulidae122024+70%1992
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae112024-38%1992
Common YellowthroatParulidae102024+0%1992
Summer TanagerCardinalidae102024+146%1993
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae92024+130%1994
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae82024+71%1992
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae72024-7%1992
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae72024+188%1992
Common GrackleIcteridae72024-73%1992
Red-shouldered HawkAccipitridae72024+633%2001
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae72024+122%1993
Fish CrowCorvidae72024-21%2004
Blue-headed VireoVireonidae72021+43%2010
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae62024-44%1992
House SparrowPasseridae62024+57%1992
Hairy WoodpeckerPicidae52024+133%1992
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae52024+83%1992
Orchard OrioleIcteridae52024+50%1993
American GoldfinchFringillidae52024+15%1992
Field SparrowPasserellidae52024-71%1992

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