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BBS Route · Virginia · BCR 30

Sharps Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 107 species recorded across 55 survey years, still active.

107Species 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 →
55Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1967–2025Span
4Observers

Bird Species Found on Virginia Sharps

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

Species recorded on the Sharps 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
European StarlingSturnidae302025+22%1969
American CrowCorvidae262025-39%1969
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae262025-51%1969
Northern MockingbirdMimidae242025-69%1969
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae232025-44%1969
Song SparrowPasserellidae20202511×1972
Northern CardinalCardinalidae202025-68%1969
American RobinTurdidae162025-20%1969
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae142025+200%1969
Turkey VultureCathartidae142025+0%1970
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae132025-56%1969
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocoracidae132013-26%1998
Mourning DoveColumbidae122025-75%1969
American GoldfinchFringillidae112025+0%1969
Tufted TitmouseParidae102025+53%1969
White-eyed VireoVireonidae92025+42%1969
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae92025-65%1969
Brown ThrasherMimidae92025+39%1969
Grasshopper SparrowPasserellidae82025+24%1969
Carolina ChickadeeParidae72025-43%1969
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae62025-36%1969
Common GrackleIcteridae62025-77%1969
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae62025+79%1969
Prairie WarblerParulidae62025-48%1969
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae62025+480%1977
Canada GooseAnatidae62025-53%2000
Chimney SwiftApodidae52025-75%1969
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae52025-50%1969
Summer TanagerCardinalidae52025+150%1969
Barn SwallowHirundinidae52025-46%1969
Northern ParulaParulidae52025+40%1969
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae52025+36%1969
Wood DuckAnatidae52006+133%1994
KilldeerCharadriidae42025+400%1971
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae42025-92%1969
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae42024+0%1969
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae42025-80%1969
Common YellowthroatParulidae42025-67%1969
Yellow-throated WarblerParulidae42025+50%1971
Forster's TernLaridae41999n/an/a

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