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BBS Route · Virginia · BCR 30

Brandon Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 92 species recorded across 29 survey years, still active.

92Species Recorded
29Years Surveyed
1992–2024Span
5Observers

Bird Species Found on Virginia Brandon

Top 40 of 92 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Brandon route.
History
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae622024+50%1994
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae392024+227%1994
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae372024+216%1994
Mourning DoveColumbidae352024+56%1994
American CrowCorvidae352024+14%1994
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae322024+94%1994
Northern CardinalCardinalidae322024+73%1994
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae322024+15%1994
Wood DuckAnatidae322024+300%1997
Pine WarblerParulidae312024+75%1994
Tufted TitmouseParidae292024+0%1994
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae282024+125%1994
OvenbirdParulidae262024-7%1994
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae262024+80%1994
Tree SwallowHirundinidae252024+36%2019
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae232024+140%1994
White-eyed VireoVireonidae212024+157%1994
Yellow-throated WarblerParulidae212024+633%1994
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae192024+94%1994
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae192024-6%1994
American GoldfinchFringillidae172024-8%1994
Summer TanagerCardinalidae162024+214%1994
Northern ParulaParulidae162024+740%1994
Turkey VultureCathartidae132024+209%1994
European StarlingSturnidae132024+192%1994
Common GrackleIcteridae132024-72%1994
Northern MockingbirdMimidae122024+60%1994
Yellow-throated VireoVireonidae112024+47%1994
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae102024+92%1994
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae92024+150%1994
Hooded WarblerParulidae92024+64%1994
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae92024+7%1994
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae72024+80%1994
Black-and-white WarblerParulidae72024+257%1996
Common YellowthroatParulidae62024+5%1994
Rock PigeonColumbidae51993-17%1992
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae52024+19%1994
Orchard OrioleIcteridae52024+67%1997
Scarlet TanagerCardinalidae52024+14%1994
House SparrowPasseridae52016+40%2001

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