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BBS Route · Virginia · BCR 29

Brodnax Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 104 species recorded across 52 survey years, still active.

104Species 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 →
52Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1973–2025Span
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Bird Species Found on Virginia Brodnax

Top 40 of 104 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Brodnax 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
American CrowCorvidae872025+14%1975
Mourning DoveColumbidae742025-15%1975
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae572025+81%1975
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae482025+48%1975
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae472025-47%1975
Northern MockingbirdMimidae432025-63%1975
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae432025+14%1975
Northern CardinalCardinalidae402025-44%1975
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocoracidae36202119×1994
Tufted TitmouseParidae312025+200%1975
European StarlingSturnidae262025-77%1975
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae232025-36%1975
Pine WarblerParulidae222025+27%1975
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae222025+733%1975
White-eyed VireoVireonidae212025+688%1975
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae192025-88%1975
American GoldfinchFringillidae182025+683%1976
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae162025+79%1975
Summer TanagerCardinalidae162025+194%1975
Yellow-throated VireoVireonidae162025+250%1975
House SparrowPasseridae162025-87%1975
Carolina ChickadeeParidae162025-17%1975
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae152025+14%1975
OvenbirdParulidae152025+520%1975
Barn SwallowHirundinidae142025-78%1975
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae142025+333%1980
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae142023+133%1988
Yellow-throated WarblerParulidae122025+360%1975
Orchard OrioleIcteridae112025+8%1975
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae102025+380%1975
Common YellowthroatParulidae102025-15%1975
Pileated WoodpeckerPicidae92025+114%1976
Common GrackleIcteridae92025-85%1975
Purple MartinHirundinidae92025+100%1979
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae92025-18%1975
House FinchFringillidae92025+200%1991
Turkey VultureCathartidae82025+119%1975
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae72025-51%1975
Fish CrowCorvidae72025+38%1981
Field SparrowPasserellidae72025-78%1975

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