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BBS Route · South Carolina · BCR 29

Plum Branch Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 98 species recorded across 43 survey years, still active.

98Species RecordedSpecies recordedDistinct species detected on standard-protocol BBS runs here across all years on record — a measure of survey breadth, not a complete checklist.Full methodology →
43Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1977–2024Span
2Observers

Bird Species Found on South Carolina Plum Branch

Top 40 of 98 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Plum Branch route.
Recent countThe raw number of individuals recorded on this route in its most recent survey year. A single-route tally, not a trend.Full methodology →TrendPercent change in the route-weighted abundance index between a smoothed baseline window and the most recent one. It tracks direction, not absolute population.Full methodology →Baseline yearThe first year of the smoothed window the trend is measured from. An earlier baseline means a longer record stands behind the number.Full methodology →History
American CrowCorvidae682024+65%1979
Northern CardinalCardinalidae492024+6%1979
Pine WarblerParulidae492024+163%1979
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae382024+171%1979
Common GrackleIcteridae292024-28%1979
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae282024+93%1979
Blue JayCorvidae262024-15%1979
Mourning DoveColumbidae212024+62%1979
Tufted TitmouseParidae192024+154%1979
Brown-headed NuthatchSittidae162024-24%1979
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae162024+289%1996
Eastern TowheePasserellidae152024-58%1979
Carolina ChickadeeParidae152024-17%1979
American GoldfinchFringillidae142024+260%1984
Chimney SwiftApodidae132024-11%1979
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae122024-54%1979
White-eyed VireoVireonidae122024+350%1979
Northern MockingbirdMimidae122024+2%1979
Fish CrowCorvidae112024-52%1979
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae112024+300%1979
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae102024+47%1979
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae102024-23%1979
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae92024+113%1980
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae92024-35%1979
Summer TanagerCardinalidae92024-23%1979
Barn SwallowHirundinidae92023-79%1979
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae82024+39%1979
Wood ThrushTurdidae82024-49%1979
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae82024+233%1980
House FinchFringillidae82024+18%1996
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae72024-43%1979
Purple MartinHirundinidae72024+16%1979
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae72024-52%1979
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae62024-29%1979
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae62024+33%1980
Orchard OrioleIcteridae62024-8%1979
Northern ParulaParulidae62024+267%1987
Rock PigeonColumbidae52018+67%1977
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae52024+77%1979
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae52024-86%1979

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