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BBS Route · North Carolina · BCR 29

Jordan Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 99 species recorded across 48 survey years, still active.

99Species 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 →
48Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1966–2024Span
13Observers

Bird Species Found on North Carolina Jordan

Top 40 of 99 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Jordan 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
Northern CardinalCardinalidae472024-18%1968
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae41202412×1968
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae352024+189%1968
American CrowCorvidae322024+166%1968
Northern MockingbirdMimidae302024-30%1968
Purple MartinHirundinidae242022+414%1974
Fish CrowCorvidae222024+400%1977
Mourning DoveColumbidae212024-72%1968
Tufted TitmouseParidae212024+738%1968
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae21202420×1974
Turkey VultureCathartidae202024+750%1975
Carolina ChickadeeParidae16202416×1968
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae152024-40%1968
American RobinTurdidae152024+109%1968
Canada GooseAnatidae142024+61%1995
Barn SwallowHirundinidae12202413×1975
Blue JayCorvidae112024-65%1968
House SparrowPasseridae112024-84%1968
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae102024+439%1976
European StarlingSturnidae92024-74%1968
Summer TanagerCardinalidae92024+333%1969
White-eyed VireoVireonidae92024+150%1968
Pine WarblerParulidae92024+900%1968
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae82024+18%1971
Common GrackleIcteridae82024-88%1968
House FinchFringillidae82024+386%1991
Black VultureCathartidae82024+300%2003
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae72024+7%1968
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae72022+267%1997
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae62024+7%1968
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae62024+36%1968
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae62024+111%1968
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae52019-81%1968
Red-shouldered HawkAccipitridae52024+267%1977
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae42024-26%1968
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae42024+88%1968
Eastern TowheePasserellidae42024-53%1968
Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgidae41991-25%1969
Ruby-throated HummingbirdTrochilidae42008+167%1973
Brown-headed NuthatchSittidae42024+120%1977

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