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BBS Route · North Carolina · BCR 29

Mount Airy Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 87 species recorded across 17 survey years, still active.

87Species Recorded
17Years Surveyed
2000–2024Span
4Observers

Bird Species Found on North Carolina Mount Airy

Top 40 of 87 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Mount Airy route.
History
American CrowCorvidae502024+12%2006
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae312024-43%2006
Mourning DoveColumbidae262024-17%2006
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae262024+7%2006
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae232024-30%2006
Northern CardinalCardinalidae172024-46%2006
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae172024-58%2006
Northern MockingbirdMimidae162024+26%2006
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae162024+20%2006
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae152024-3%2006
Common YellowthroatParulidae142024+164%2006
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae132024+116%2006
Barn SwallowHirundinidae132024+96%2006
Tufted TitmouseParidae122024-19%2006
American RobinTurdidae112024-41%2006
Wood ThrushTurdidae92024-42%2006
Carolina ChickadeeParidae82024-47%2006
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae72024+10%2007
Turkey VultureCathartidae62024+113%2007
Chimney SwiftApodidae62024-17%2006
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae62024+0%2007
Blue JayCorvidae62024-34%2006
European StarlingSturnidae62024+45%2006
Common GrackleIcteridae62024-89%2006
Gray CatbirdMimidae62024+36%2006
OvenbirdParulidae62024+317%2007
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae52024-52%2007
American GoldfinchFringillidae52024-33%2006
Field SparrowPasserellidae52024-46%2006
Scarlet TanagerCardinalidae52024-39%2006
Purple MartinHirundinidae52022-30%2006
House FinchFringillidae52024-50%2007
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae42024-6%2006
Northern ParulaParulidae42024+150%2008
Pine WarblerParulidae42024-47%2006
Hooded WarblerParulidae42023+36%2006
House SparrowPasseridae42024-8%2006
Brown ThrasherMimidae42024+50%2006
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae42024+0%2006
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae42024-18%2006

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