BBS Route · North Carolina · BCR 29

Goldston Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 86 species recorded across 18 survey years, still active.

86Species Recorded
18Years Surveyed
20012022Span
5Observers

Bird Species Found on North Carolina Goldston

Top 40 of 86 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Goldston route.
History
American CrowCorvidae622022+33%2004
Northern CardinalCardinalidae362022+9%2004
Mourning DoveColumbidae322022+50%2004
European StarlingSturnidae312014+500%2010
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae292022-26%2004
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae272022+13%2004
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae232022+31%2004
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae222022-30%2004
Tufted TitmouseParidae222022+24%2004
Northern MockingbirdMimidae182022+15%2004
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae182022+8%2005
White-eyed VireoVireonidae182022+59%2007
Carolina ChickadeeParidae172022-9%2005
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae132022+29%2004
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae122022+2%2004
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae122022-49%2004
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae102022-33%2004
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae92022+32%2004
Yellow-throated WarblerParulidae92022+114%2004
OvenbirdParulidae92022-42%2004
Barn SwallowHirundinidae82022-37%2004
Turkey VultureCathartidae82022+89%2006
Chimney SwiftApodidae72022-50%2004
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae72022-5%2004
Red-shouldered HawkAccipitridae72022+160%2006
Canada GooseAnatidae62022n/an/a
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae52019-25%2005
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae52022-58%2005
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae42022-29%2004
Summer TanagerCardinalidae42022-27%2004
Common YellowthroatParulidae42022-61%2004
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae42022-67%2005
Black VultureCathartidae42022-62%2007
Brown-headed NuthatchSittidae42022+150%2007
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae32022+0%2004
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae32022+0%2005
American GoldfinchFringillidae32022-62%2004
Eastern TowheePasserellidae32022-61%2004
Prairie WarblerParulidae32019-29%2004
Wood ThrushTurdidae32022-75%2004

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