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BBS Route · Texas · BCR 37

Bayside 3 Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 93 species recorded across 14 survey years, still active.

93Species 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 →
14Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
2005–2025Span
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Bird Species Found on Texas Bayside 3

Top 40 of 93 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Bayside 3 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
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae2062025-42%2012
Great-tailed GrackleIcteridae1482025-6%2012
Mourning DoveColumbidae1102025+9%2012
DickcisselCardinalidae902025+187%2012
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae842025-56%2012
Painted BuntingCardinalidae562025+207%2012
Northern MockingbirdMimidae452025-11%2012
Laughing GullLaridae432025-66%2012
Northern CardinalCardinalidae412025-25%2012
Black VultureCathartidae382025+579%2012
Purple MartinHirundinidae342025+104%2012
Black-bellied Whistling-DuckAnatidae272024-68%2012
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae232025-53%2012
Common NighthawkCaprimulgidae222025+98%2012
European StarlingSturnidae182025+83%2012
House SparrowPasseridae172025-57%2012
White-winged DoveColumbidae172025+13%2013
Ruddy DuckAnatidae152011n/an/a
American CootRallidae152018+114%2016
Barn SwallowHirundinidae122025-90%2012
Great Blue HeronArdeidae112025+0%2012
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae112025-3%2013
Gull-billed TernLaridae102025-13%2013
Caspian TernLaridae82023+275%2012
White IbisThreskiornithidae82025+63%2013
Great EgretArdeidae82025-68%2012
Brown PelicanPelecanidae82025+11%2015
Long-billed CurlewScolopacidae82025+125%2014
Least TernLaridae72016-30%2005
WilletScolopacidae72025-36%2015
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae72025-61%2012
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae72025+20%2013
KilldeerCharadriidae62025-6%2012
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerPicidae62025+0%2013
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae62013+100%2011
Forster's TernLaridae52025-53%2013
Fulvous Whistling-DuckAnatidae52025-41%2016
Black-necked StiltRecurvirostridae52025+6%2013
Turkey VultureCathartidae52025-63%2012
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae52025-79%2012

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-08-14. A route is a sample, not a census.