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BBS Route · Pennsylvania · BCR 28

Rush Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 128 species recorded across 48 survey years, still active.

128Species Recorded
48Years Surveyed
1970–2024Span
7Observers

Bird Species Found on Pennsylvania Rush

Top 40 of 128 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Rush route.
History
American CrowCorvidae352024-38%1972
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae322024-84%1972
American RobinTurdidae302024-60%1972
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae292024+6%1972
Common YellowthroatParulidae272024-32%1972
OvenbirdParulidae232024+80%1972
Mourning DoveColumbidae222024+729%1972
Song SparrowPasserellidae222024-59%1972
American GoldfinchFringillidae162024-70%1972
Yellow WarblerParulidae162024+2%1972
BobolinkIcteridae142024-44%1972
Common GrackleIcteridae132024-71%1972
Barn SwallowHirundinidae122024-62%1972
Black-capped ChickadeeParidae122024-5%1972
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae122024+450%1989
Tree SwallowHirundinidae112024-57%1972
Rock PigeonColumbidae102024+10%1972
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae92024+52%1972
Eastern TowheePasserellidae92024-73%1972
Northern CardinalCardinalidae92024-33%1972
Common MerganserAnatidae92024+200%2010
Gray CatbirdMimidae82024-62%1972
Canada GooseAnatidae82024+250%1994
Field SparrowPasserellidae72024-76%1972
Scarlet TanagerCardinalidae72024-67%1972
Brown ThrasherMimidae72024-23%1972
Tufted TitmouseParidae72024+70%1975
Turkey VultureCathartidae72024+150%1986
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocoracidae72024+600%2001
European StarlingSturnidae62024-85%1972
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae62024-73%1972
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae62024-80%1986
Chestnut-sided WarblerParulidae62024+77%1972
Blue JayCorvidae52024-51%1972
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae52024-36%1972
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae42024-69%1972
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae42024-52%1972
Wood ThrushTurdidae42024-89%1972
VeeryTurdidae42024-71%1972
House FinchFringillidae42024+40%1985

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