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Morton Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 101 species recorded across 32 survey years, still active.

101Species Recorded
32Years Surveyed
1970–2024Span
6Observers

Bird Species Found on Texas Morton

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

Species recorded on the Morton route.
History
Northern CardinalCardinalidae452024-28%1973
Blue JayCorvidae372024-9%1973
Northern MockingbirdMimidae332024-2%1973
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae312024+267%1974
Mourning DoveColumbidae292024-36%1973
American CrowCorvidae292024-43%1973
Tufted TitmouseParidae242024-9%1973
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae232024-51%1973
White-eyed VireoVireonidae222024-23%1974
Carolina ChickadeeParidae212024-16%1973
Purple MartinHirundinidae202024-5%1973
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae182024+30%1973
House SparrowPasseridae172012-47%1973
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae152024-63%1973
Summer TanagerCardinalidae132024+65%1973
Pine WarblerParulidae132024+131%1975
Barn SwallowHirundinidae122024-58%1974
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae122024+111%1974
Western Cattle-EgretArdeidae122024+2%1987
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae102024-62%1973
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae102024+200%1974
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannidae92024+33%1973
Bachman's SparrowPasserellidae91977+83%1973
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae72024-68%1974
White IbisThreskiornithidae72023n/an/a
Turkey VultureCathartidae62024-43%1973
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae62024-53%1973
Brown ThrasherMimidae62024+13%1974
Hooded WarblerParulidae62023+100%1989
KilldeerCharadriidae52024-25%1973
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae52024+33%1973
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae52024-68%1973
Canada GooseAnatidae52024-29%2023
Black VultureCathartidae42024+583%1973
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae42024-66%1973
Orchard OrioleIcteridae42024-80%1973
Common GrackleIcteridae42024-68%1973
Pileated WoodpeckerPicidae42024+80%1988
European StarlingSturnidae42024-89%1974
Green HeronArdeidae32024-54%1973

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