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BBS Route · Pennsylvania · BCR 28

Patton Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 113 species recorded across 46 survey years, still active.

113Species Recorded
46Years Surveyed
1970–2024Span
7Observers

Bird Species Found on Pennsylvania Patton

Top 40 of 113 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Patton route.
History
American RobinTurdidae652024+31%1972
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae642024+302%1972
Song SparrowPasserellidae612024+107%1972
American CrowCorvidae422024+100%1972
European StarlingSturnidae392024+45%1972
Gray CatbirdMimidae322024+300%1972
Chimney SwiftApodidae312024+673%1976
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae222024-20%1972
Common GrackleIcteridae222024-36%1972
OvenbirdParulidae222024+509%1972
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae212024+467%1972
Eastern TowheePasserellidae192024+277%1972
Barn SwallowHirundinidae162024-3%1972
Common YellowthroatParulidae162024+130%1972
Blue JayCorvidae152024+87%1972
American GoldfinchFringillidae142024+17%1972
Northern CardinalCardinalidae132024+600%1972
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae112024+250%1972
Mourning DoveColumbidae92024+13%1972
Wood ThrushTurdidae82024-3%1972
Black-capped ChickadeeParidae72024+567%1979
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae62023-25%1972
Tufted TitmouseParidae62024+350%1972
House SparrowPasseridae52024-71%1972
Rose-breasted GrosbeakCardinalidae52023+0%1990
Black-throated Green WarblerParulidae52024+150%1981
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae42024+133%1972
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae42024+333%1975
Scarlet TanagerCardinalidae42024+50%1972
Bank SwallowHirundinidae41981n/an/a
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae42024+60%1992
KilldeerCharadriidae32024+75%1974
Field SparrowPasserellidae32024-64%1972
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae32024+114%1979
American RedstartParulidae32024+67%1988
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae32024-24%1972
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae32024+100%1973
Yellow WarblerParulidae32024+500%1974
House FinchFringillidae32024+225%1979
MallardAnatidae32019+17%1990

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