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BBS Route · North Carolina · BCR 27

Montague Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 100 species recorded across 34 survey years, still active.

100Species 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 →
34Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1990–2025Span
2Observers

Bird Species Found on North Carolina Montague

Top 40 of 100 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Montague 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 MockingbirdMimidae792025+200%1993
Northern CardinalCardinalidae782025+31%1993
American CrowCorvidae772025+23%1993
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae732025-24%1993
Tufted TitmouseParidae512025+29%1993
Mourning DoveColumbidae472025+9%1993
Pine WarblerParulidae372025+24%1993
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae342025+53%1993
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae342025+12%1993
Turkey VultureCathartidae282025+132%1993
Purple MartinHirundinidae282025+120%1993
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae262025+57%1993
Brown ThrasherMimidae242025+140%1993
Carolina ChickadeeParidae242025+155%1993
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae232025-72%1993
European StarlingSturnidae222025-46%1993
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae212025+104%1993
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae202025+28%1993
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae182025-40%1993
Summer TanagerCardinalidae172025+35%1993
Barn SwallowHirundinidae172025+200%1994
Eastern TowheePasserellidae162025-70%1993
Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgidae152025+289%1993
Brown-headed NuthatchSittidae152025+193%1994
Blue JayCorvidae142025-49%1993
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae132025+54%1993
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae132025+40%1994
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae122025-80%1993
Prothonotary WarblerParulidae112025+156%1993
Fish CrowCorvidae102025-44%1993
House SparrowPasseridae102025-71%1993
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae92025-57%1993
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae92025-23%1993
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae92025-29%1993
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae92025+50%1993
White-eyed VireoVireonidae82025+9%1993
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae8202411×2005
KilldeerCharadriidae72025+271%1993
Red-shouldered HawkAccipitridae72025+383%1994
Pileated WoodpeckerPicidae72025+225%1993

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