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BBS Route · Texas · BCR 37

Loyola Beach 2 Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 113 species recorded across 15 survey years, still active.

113Species 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 →
15Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
2010–2025Span
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Bird Species Found on Texas Loyola Beach 2

Top 40 of 113 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Loyola Beach 2 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
Mourning DoveColumbidae2242025+81%2012
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae1772025+21%2012
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae962025+43%2012
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannidae822025+11%2012
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae742025+198%2012
Great-tailed GrackleIcteridae672025-25%2012
Northern MockingbirdMimidae602025-48%2012
Common NighthawkCaprimulgidae552025+3%2012
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae502025+37%2012
Least GrebePodicipedidae38202220×2015
Northern CardinalCardinalidae352025+73%2012
Painted BuntingCardinalidae332025+129%2012
House SparrowPasseridae312025-25%2012
Great EgretArdeidae292024-29%2012
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerPicidae242025+24%2012
Brown-crested FlycatcherTyrannidae222025-3%2012
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae192025+24%2012
Purple MartinHirundinidae182025-69%2012
Common GallinuleRallidae172022+950%2015
White-winged DoveColumbidae17202511×2013
Bronzed CowbirdIcteridae172025-27%2012
DickcisselCardinalidae162025+217%2013
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae162025+11%2012
Laughing GullLaridae152025-24%2012
Bewick's WrenTroglodytidae152025+118%2012
Fulvous Whistling-DuckAnatidae142025+14%2012
White-faced IbisThreskiornithidae142021+75%2012
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerPicidae132025+20%2012
Loggerhead ShrikeLaniidae132025+21%2012
Great KiskadeeTyrannidae122025+19%2012
European StarlingSturnidae112025-12%2012
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae112025+78%2012
Lark SparrowPasserellidae112025-22%2012
Black-bellied Whistling-DuckAnatidae102025-71%2012
White IbisThreskiornithidae102022+10%2011
Snowy EgretArdeidae102024+113%2012
Turkey VultureCathartidae102025-16%2012
Couch's KingbirdTyrannidae92025-19%2012
Olive SparrowPasserellidae92025-7%2012
Neotropic CormorantPhalacrocoracidae82024+53%2012

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