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BBS Route · Utah · BCR 9

Newcastle Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 117 species recorded across 22 survey years, still active.

117Species 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 →
22Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1997–2025Span
7Observers

Bird Species Found on Utah Newcastle

Top 40 of 117 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Newcastle 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
Common RavenCorvidae702025-34%1999
Spotted TowheePasserellidae362025-50%1999
Mourning DoveColumbidae282025+1%1999
Yellow WarblerParulidae182025-7%1999
American RobinTurdidae152025-69%1999
Black-throated Gray WarblerParulidae132025+53%1999
Western MeadowlarkIcteridae122025-65%1999
Song SparrowPasserellidae112025-29%1999
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae112025+33%1999
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae112018+6%2002
Gray FlycatcherTyrannidae102025+467%2000
Violet-green SwallowHirundinidae102022-13%1999
Black-throated SparrowPasserellidae92025+44%1999
Black-headed GrosbeakCardinalidae92025-53%1999
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae82025-65%1999
Western TanagerCardinalidae82025+64%1999
House SparrowPasseridae82021+100%1999
Wild TurkeyPhasianidae82022+138%2001
European StarlingSturnidae72025+31%1999
Bullock's OrioleIcteridae72025+22%1999
House FinchFringillidae72025+308%1999
Brewer's SparrowPasserellidae72025-33%1999
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae72025+229%2012
Lazuli BuntingCardinalidae62025-59%1999
Plumbeous VireoVireonidae62025-50%1999
Ash-throated FlycatcherTyrannidae52025+40%1999
Say's PhoebeTyrannidae52022+175%2002
Western Wood-PeweeTyrannidae52025-36%1999
Pinyon JayCorvidae52025-49%2003
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae52025-59%1999
Vesper SparrowPasserellidae52025-68%1999
Green-tailed TowheePasserellidae52025+57%1999
Virginia's WarblerParulidae52025-63%1999
Northern MockingbirdMimidae52022+140%2006
PhainopeplaPtiliogonatidae52022+75%2002
Canada GooseAnatidae52018+150%2006
Lark SparrowPasserellidae42025-35%1999
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae42025+447%1999
Bewick's WrenTroglodytidae42025-59%1999
Western BluebirdTurdidae42022+325%2002

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