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BBS Route · Oregon · BCR 9

Joseph Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 131 species recorded across 51 survey years, still active.

131Species Recorded
51Years Surveyed
1971–2024Span
2Observers

Bird Species Found on Oregon Joseph

Top 40 of 131 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Joseph route.
History
Brewer's BlackbirdIcteridae1522024+83%1973
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae692024-58%1973
American RobinTurdidae422024-26%1973
MallardAnatidae252023+81%1975
Black-billed MagpieCorvidae202024+38%1973
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae202024-69%1973
Vesper SparrowPasserellidae192024+77%1973
Horned LarkAlaudidae152010-30%1974
European StarlingSturnidae142024-72%1973
House SparrowPasseridae142024-76%1973
Savannah SparrowPasserellidae132024-56%1973
Western Wood-PeweeTyrannidae132024+50%1974
Common MerganserAnatidae132024+100%1982
Willow FlycatcherTyrannidae122024-42%1973
Common RavenCorvidae112024+0%1976
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae112024-74%1973
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae112024+314%1974
Red-tailed HawkAccipitridae102024+27%1973
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae102024+154%1974
Mourning DoveColumbidae92024+200%1973
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae92024+16%1979
Song SparrowPasserellidae82024+6%1973
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae82024n/an/a
American CrowCorvidae72024+8%1973
Bald EagleAccipitridae72024+180%2008
KilldeerCharadriidae62024-46%1973
Violet-green SwallowHirundinidae62024+69%1974
Warbling VireoVireonidae62024+67%1973
Rock WrenTroglodytidae62024-60%1973
Hooded MerganserAnatidae62005n/an/a
Wilson's SnipeScolopacidae52024-70%1973
Great Blue HeronArdeidae52024+50%1977
Varied ThrushTurdidae51984+25%1982
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae42024+20%1974
Western TanagerCardinalidae42024+50%1975
Yellow WarblerParulidae42024-80%1973
Common YellowthroatParulidae42022+100%1973
Hairy WoodpeckerPicidae42012+20%1991
Black-headed GrosbeakCardinalidae42024-36%1975
Sagebrush SparrowPasserellidae41973n/an/a

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