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BBS Route · Virginia · BCR 29

Appomattox Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 90 species recorded across 15 survey years, still active.

90Species Recorded
15Years Surveyed
1995–2024Span
5Observers

Bird Species Found on Virginia Appomattox

Top 40 of 90 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Appomattox route.
History
Common GrackleIcteridae512024+61%1997
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae382024+115%1997
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae272024+20%1997
Northern CardinalCardinalidae262024+66%1997
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae262024+136%1997
Mourning DoveColumbidae242024+328%1997
Wood ThrushTurdidae242024+130%1997
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae232024-48%1997
Tufted TitmouseParidae212024+60%1997
American CrowCorvidae202024-81%1997
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae192024+27%1997
Northern MockingbirdMimidae192024+39%1997
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae182024+50%1997
American GoldfinchFringillidae162024+131%1997
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae152016+300%2002
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae132024-16%1997
White-eyed VireoVireonidae122024+263%1998
American RobinTurdidae112024-22%1997
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae102024+580%1998
OvenbirdParulidae82024+7%1997
Yellow-throated VireoVireonidae82024+143%2005
Tree SwallowHirundinidae82023-67%2011
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae72024+250%1997
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae62024+60%1997
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae52024+100%1998
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae52024+0%2005
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae52024-33%1997
Scarlet TanagerCardinalidae52024-43%1997
Summer TanagerCardinalidae52024+64%1997
Common YellowthroatParulidae52024+0%1997
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae52024+21%1998
Pine WarblerParulidae52024+200%1999
Field SparrowPasserellidae42024-29%1997
Carolina ChickadeeParidae42024-6%1997
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae42024-78%1997
Northern ParulaParulidae42024+100%2015
House SparrowPasseridae42016+100%1996
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae32024-83%1997
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae32024-13%1997
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae32024+100%1997

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