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BBS Route · Virginia · BCR 30

Gloucester Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 107 species recorded across 29 survey years, still active.

107Species Recorded
29Years Surveyed
1992–2024Span
4Observers

Bird Species Found on Virginia Gloucester

Top 40 of 107 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Gloucester route.
History
American CrowCorvidae432024-53%1994
Northern CardinalCardinalidae352024+47%1994
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae272024-36%1994
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae262024-16%1994
Mourning DoveColumbidae232024-56%1994
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae212024-25%1994
Pine WarblerParulidae172024-7%1994
Tufted TitmouseParidae172024-21%1994
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae152024-59%1994
OvenbirdParulidae142024-36%1994
Northern MockingbirdMimidae132024-23%1994
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae132024-13%1994
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae122024+11%1994
European StarlingSturnidae122024-87%1994
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae112024-57%1994
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae102024-15%1994
Northern ParulaParulidae92024-12%1994
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae92024-7%1994
American GoldfinchFringillidae82024-62%1994
Brown PelicanPelecanidae82002+700%2000
Blue JayCorvidae72024-56%1994
American RobinTurdidae72024-75%1994
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae62024-4%1994
Canada GooseAnatidae62017-64%1997
House FinchFringillidae52024-60%1994
Carolina ChickadeeParidae52024+18%1994
Yellow-throated WarblerParulidae52023+400%2006
Laughing GullLaridae42021+33%1995
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae42024-53%1994
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae42024-35%1994
Common GrackleIcteridae42024-86%1994
Summer TanagerCardinalidae42024-43%1994
Common YellowthroatParulidae42024-57%1994
Ruby-throated HummingbirdTrochilidae42023+120%1995
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae42024+17%1998
Virginia RailRallidae41999+33%1998
American Black DuckAnatidae31992n/an/a
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae32024+36%1994
Turkey VultureCathartidae32024+213%1995
OspreyPandionidae32024-14%1997

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