BBS Route · Pennsylvania · BCR 28

Garrett Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 122 species recorded across 52 survey years, still active.

122Species Recorded
52Years Surveyed
19662024Span
4Observers

Bird Species Found on Pennsylvania Garrett

Top 40 of 122 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Garrett route.
History
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae502024-31%1973
American CrowCorvidae352024+26%1973
Song SparrowPasserellidae342024+48%1973
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae312024+23%1973
American RobinTurdidae242024-64%1973
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae21202411×1978
Eastern TowheePasserellidae182024-18%1973
Common YellowthroatParulidae182024+59%1974
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae172024-36%1973
American GoldfinchFringillidae162024-60%1973
Barn SwallowHirundinidae162024+28%1973
Mourning DoveColumbidae142024+257%1973
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae122024-44%1973
OvenbirdParulidae122024+188%1973
Gray CatbirdMimidae122024-44%1973
Purple MartinHirundinidae112024-48%1971
Yellow WarblerParulidae82024+77%1973
Rock PigeonColumbidae82024+182%1979
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae72024+300%1973
European StarlingSturnidae72024-60%1973
Common GrackleIcteridae72024-84%1973
Tufted TitmouseParidae62024+44%1973
Chestnut-sided WarblerParulidae62024+200%1975
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae62024+300%1987
Chimney SwiftApodidae52024-41%1974
BobolinkIcteridae52024-29%1974
Field SparrowPasserellidae52024-78%1973
Northern CardinalCardinalidae52024-33%1973
Scarlet TanagerCardinalidae52024-22%1974
KilldeerCharadriidae52024+50%1974
Canada GooseAnatidae52024-62%1994
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae42024-70%1973
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae42024-80%1973
House SparrowPasseridae42024-96%1973
Wood ThrushTurdidae42024-68%1973
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae42024+367%1989
House FinchFringillidae42024+100%1983
Tree SwallowHirundinidae32024+88%1987
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae32022+28%1973
Black-capped ChickadeeParidae32024-8%1974

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