BBS Route · Tennessee · BCR 24

Pond Creek Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 101 species recorded across 55 survey years, still active.

101Species Recorded
55Years Surveyed
19662024Span
4Observers

Bird Species Found on Tennessee Pond Creek

Top 40 of 101 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Pond Creek route.
History
European StarlingSturnidae1552024+164%1968
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae352024+295%1975
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae242024+130%1968
Northern CardinalCardinalidae222024-19%1968
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae222024-74%1968
American CrowCorvidae212024-34%1968
Tufted TitmouseParidae202024+20%1968
Carolina ChickadeeParidae192024+93%1969
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae162024+56%1968
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae162024+267%1968
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae142024+142%1969
White-eyed VireoVireonidae142024-11%1968
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae142024+486%1969
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae142024-35%1968
Mourning DoveColumbidae132024+10%1968
Wood ThrushTurdidae132024-19%1968
Eastern TowheePasserellidae122024+82%1968
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae102023+20%2005
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae92024+160%1968
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae92024-17%1968
American GoldfinchFringillidae92024-57%1968
Field SparrowPasserellidae92024-13%1968
KilldeerCharadriidae92024-8%1971
Canada GooseAnatidae92024+19%1998
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae82024+55%1968
Barn SwallowHirundinidae82024-75%1968
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae82024+79%1968
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae72024+17%1968
Summer TanagerCardinalidae72024-54%1968
Scarlet TanagerCardinalidae72024+500%1979
Blue JayCorvidae62024-69%1968
Common YellowthroatParulidae62024+7%1968
Northern ParulaParulidae62024+520%1969
Yellow-throated WarblerParulidae62024-10%1991
Chimney SwiftApodidae52024-69%1968
Turkey VultureCathartidae52024-41%1971
Black VultureCathartidae52024+167%2004
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae42024-82%1968
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae42024-45%1968
Prairie WarblerParulidae42023+50%1968

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