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BBS Route · Texas · BCR 37

Bayside Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 88 species recorded across 5 survey years, no longer active.

88Species 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 →
5Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1994–2010Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on Texas Bayside

Top 40 of 88 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Bayside 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 BlackbirdIcteridae1432010-24%1996
Laughing GullLaridae1332010+610%1996
Great-tailed GrackleIcteridae1272010+311%1996
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae952010+3%1996
Brown PelicanPelecanidae53201053×2002
Mourning DoveColumbidae432010-72%1996
Barn SwallowHirundinidae382010-89%1996
Fulvous Whistling-DuckAnatidae29200329×2002
Northern MockingbirdMimidae262010-2%1996
Northern CardinalCardinalidae232010+26%1996
Tricolored HeronArdeidae212003+256%1996
Turkey VultureCathartidae172010-46%1996
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannidae152010-78%1996
Common NighthawkCaprimulgidae132010+267%1996
Neotropic CormorantPhalacrocoracidae122010-73%1996
American CootRallidae121996+140%1994
European StarlingSturnidae122010-64%1996
Great EgretArdeidae112010-20%1996
Painted BuntingCardinalidae11200311×1996
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae112010-91%1996
Long-billed CurlewScolopacidae112010n/an/a
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocoracidae102010-27%2002
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae101996n/an/a
American White PelicanPelecanidae102002n/an/a
Forster's TernLaridae82010+600%1996
Roseate SpoonbillThreskiornithidae82003+100%1994
Cave SwallowHirundinidae82010-44%1996
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae82010n/an/a
Gull-billed TernLaridae72010+32%1996
Black VultureCathartidae72010-71%1996
White-eyed VireoVireonidae72003+75%2002
Chimney SwiftApodidae62003+40%1996
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae61996+20%1994
Black-bellied Whistling-DuckAnatidae62003+20%2002
Bank SwallowHirundinidae62003n/an/a
Little Blue HeronArdeidae52003+67%1994
Black-necked StiltRecurvirostridae52010+5%2002
KilldeerCharadriidae52010-56%1996
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae52003+400%1994
Common YellowthroatParulidae52010n/an/a

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