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BBS Route · North Carolina · BCR 27

Myrtle Grove Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 117 species recorded across 47 survey years, still active.

117Species 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 →
47Years 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
4Observers

Bird Species Found on North Carolina Myrtle Grove

Top 40 of 117 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Myrtle Grove 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
Laughing GullLaridae127202423×1972
Northern CardinalCardinalidae922024+76%1968
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae742024+200%1968
House SparrowPasseridae712024+58%1968
American CrowCorvidae552024+467%1968
Northern MockingbirdMimidae552024+16%1968
European StarlingSturnidae402024+92%1968
Brown PelicanPelecanidae392024+32%1975
Common GrackleIcteridae352024+63%1968
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae342024+203%1968
House FinchFringillidae342024+583%1994
Blue JayCorvidae322024-23%1968
Canada GooseAnatidae322024+592%2011
Mourning DoveColumbidae282024+575%1968
Barn SwallowHirundinidae262024+193%1968
Royal TernLaridae212024-30%1968
Brown-headed NuthatchSittidae212024+300%1968
Carolina ChickadeeParidae212024+433%1968
Tufted TitmouseParidae202024+181%1968
Fish CrowCorvidae172024+54%1968
Pine WarblerParulidae162024+141%1968
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae162024+14%1992
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae152024+800%1969
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae132024+629%1968
Boat-tailed GrackleIcteridae112024+77%1970
White IbisThreskiornithidae112024+467%1995
Pied-billed GrebePodicipedidae11200411×1996
Rock PigeonColumbidae102024+493%1972
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae102024+480%2012
MallardAnatidae102024+40%2008
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae92024+138%1968
Great EgretArdeidae72024+575%1969
OspreyPandionidae72024+25%1968
Painted BuntingCardinalidae72024+6%1968
Brown ThrasherMimidae72024+167%1968
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae62024+160%1968
Purple MartinHirundinidae62024-66%1968
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae62024+675%1973
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae52024-18%1968
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae52023+71%1970

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