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A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 88 species recorded across 5 survey years, no longer active.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 Recorded
5Years Surveyed
1994–2010Span
3Observers
Bird Species Found on Texas Bayside
Top 40 of 88 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.
| History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red-winged Blackbird | Icteridae | 143 | 2010 | -24% | 1996 | |
| Laughing Gull | Laridae | 133 | 2010 | +610% | 1996 | |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Icteridae | 127 | 2010 | +311% | 1996 | |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardeidae | 95 | 2010 | +3% | 1996 | |
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanidae | 53 | 2010 | 53× | 2002 | |
| Mourning Dove | Columbidae | 43 | 2010 | -72% | 1996 | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundinidae | 38 | 2010 | -89% | 1996 | |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Anatidae | 29 | 2003 | 29× | 2002 | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimidae | 26 | 2010 | -2% | 1996 | |
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalidae | 23 | 2010 | +26% | 1996 | |
| Tricolored Heron | Ardeidae | 21 | 2003 | +256% | 1996 | |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartidae | 17 | 2010 | -46% | 1996 | |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannidae | 15 | 2010 | -78% | 1996 | |
| Common Nighthawk | Caprimulgidae | 13 | 2010 | +267% | 1996 | |
| Neotropic Cormorant | Phalacrocoracidae | 12 | 2010 | -73% | 1996 | |
| American Coot | Rallidae | 12 | 1996 | +140% | 1994 | |
| European Starling | Sturnidae | 12 | 2010 | -64% | 1996 | |
| Great Egret | Ardeidae | 11 | 2010 | -20% | 1996 | |
| Painted Bunting | Cardinalidae | 11 | 2003 | 11× | 1996 | |
| Cliff Swallow | Hirundinidae | 11 | 2010 | -91% | 1996 | |
| Long-billed Curlew | Scolopacidae | 11 | 2010 | n/a | n/a | |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocoracidae | 10 | 2010 | -27% | 2002 | |
| Eastern Phoebe | Tyrannidae | 10 | 1996 | n/a | n/a | |
| American White Pelican | Pelecanidae | 10 | 2002 | n/a | n/a | |
| Forster's Tern | Laridae | 8 | 2010 | +600% | 1996 | |
| Roseate Spoonbill | Threskiornithidae | 8 | 2003 | +100% | 1994 | |
| Cave Swallow | Hirundinidae | 8 | 2010 | -44% | 1996 | |
| Carolina Wren | Troglodytidae | 8 | 2010 | n/a | n/a | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Laridae | 7 | 2010 | +32% | 1996 | |
| Black Vulture | Cathartidae | 7 | 2010 | -71% | 1996 | |
| White-eyed Vireo | Vireonidae | 7 | 2003 | +75% | 2002 | |
| Chimney Swift | Apodidae | 6 | 2003 | +40% | 1996 | |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Hirundinidae | 6 | 1996 | +20% | 1994 | |
| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Anatidae | 6 | 2003 | +20% | 2002 | |
| Bank Swallow | Hirundinidae | 6 | 2003 | n/a | n/a | |
| Little Blue Heron | Ardeidae | 5 | 2003 | +67% | 1994 | |
| Black-necked Stilt | Recurvirostridae | 5 | 2010 | +5% | 2002 | |
| Killdeer | Charadriidae | 5 | 2010 | -56% | 1996 | |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Tyrannidae | 5 | 2003 | +400% | 1994 | |
| Common Yellowthroat | Parulidae | 5 | 2010 | n/a | n/a |
Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22. A route is a sample, not a census.