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BBS Route · Virginia · BCR 30

Quinby Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 122 species recorded across 39 survey years, still active.

122Species 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 →
39Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1966–2025Span
13Observers

Bird Species Found on Virginia Quinby

Top 40 of 122 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Quinby 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 CrowCorvidae982025+74%1968
European StarlingSturnidae852025+47%1968
Boat-tailed GrackleIcteridae65201214×1982
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae502025+60%1968
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae462025+134%1968
Northern CardinalCardinalidae462025-7%1968
Turkey VultureCathartidae412025+367%1973
Northern MockingbirdMimidae322025-19%1968
American RobinTurdidae302025+14%1968
Mourning DoveColumbidae292025+167%1968
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae292025+463%1978
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae252025-46%1968
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae252025+60%1968
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae242025+321%1968
Common GrackleIcteridae202025-37%1968
Grasshopper SparrowPasserellidae192025+240%1968
Barn SwallowHirundinidae172025-29%1968
Summer TanagerCardinalidae132025+208%1969
Carolina ChickadeeParidae132025+16%1968
Laughing GullLaridae122025-97%1968
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae122025+118%1968
Herring GullLaridae11200612×1969
Fish CrowCorvidae112025+35%1969
Tufted TitmouseParidae102025+207%1968
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae102025+667%1982
Blue JayCorvidae92025+20%1968
Common YellowthroatParulidae92025+3%1968
MallardAnatidae92004+333%1969
Scarlet TanagerCardinalidae82018+175%1974
White-eyed VireoVireonidae82025+40%1968
Pine WarblerParulidae82025+21%1968
Field SparrowPasserellidae72025+33%1968
Yellow-throated WarblerParulidae72022+400%1978
Song SparrowPasserellidae62012-10%1973
Black VultureCathartidae62025+144%1987
Chimney SwiftApodidae52025-61%1968
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae42022-96%1968
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae42025+43%1968
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae42024-67%1968
Northern Rough-winged SwallowHirundinidae41995+100%1966

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