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BBS Route · Pennsylvania · BCR 28

Virginia Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 124 species recorded across 46 survey years, still active.

124Species Recorded
46Years Surveyed
1969–2024Span
5Observers

Bird Species Found on Pennsylvania Virginia

Top 40 of 124 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Virginia route.
History
European StarlingSturnidae1802024+37%1971
American RobinTurdidae672024-30%1971
Song SparrowPasserellidae572024+133%1971
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae532024+618%1971
Turkey VultureCathartidae522024+700%2001
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae362024-33%1971
American CrowCorvidae292024+35%1971
Common GrackleIcteridae262024-47%1971
Common YellowthroatParulidae222024+56%1972
Eastern TowheePasserellidae212024-19%1971
Northern House WrenTroglodytidae202024+250%1971
American GoldfinchFringillidae182024+87%1971
OvenbirdParulidae182024+467%1971
Gray CatbirdMimidae182024+235%1971
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae172024-59%1971
Mourning DoveColumbidae162024+161%1971
Northern CardinalCardinalidae142024+292%1971
Barn SwallowHirundinidae142024-41%1971
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae132024+169%1971
Yellow WarblerParulidae132024+113%1971
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae122024+13%1971
House SparrowPasseridae112024-82%1971
Wood ThrushTurdidae102024+115%1971
American RedstartParulidae102024+91%1988
Blue JayCorvidae92024+400%1971
Tufted TitmouseParidae82024+460%1972
Chimney SwiftApodidae82024+475%1972
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae62024+350%1990
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae52024+840%1972
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae52024+89%1989
Scarlet TanagerCardinalidae42024+180%1974
Black-capped ChickadeeParidae42024+220%1971
Baltimore OrioleIcteridae42024-11%1972
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae32022-10%1971
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae32024-47%1971
Field SparrowPasserellidae32024+225%1971
Pine WarblerParulidae31974+0%1972
Rose-breasted GrosbeakCardinalidae32024+267%1976
KilldeerCharadriidae22024-73%1971
Black-billed CuckooCuculidae22011+0%1971

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