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BBS Route · Washington · BCR 5

Carnation Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 111 species recorded across 34 survey years, still active.

111Species Recorded
34Years Surveyed
1988–2024Span
5Observers

Bird Species Found on Washington Carnation

Top 40 of 111 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Carnation route.
History
American RobinTurdidae712024-3%1990
American CrowCorvidae592024-13%1990
Swainson's ThrushTurdidae502024-33%1990
Common YellowthroatParulidae442024+122%1990
Song SparrowPasserellidae332024-10%1990
Barn SwallowHirundinidae312024-31%1990
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae262024-8%1990
Black SwiftApodidae242017-45%1991
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae212024+175%1990
Black-capped ChickadeeParidae212024+109%1990
Chestnut-backed ChickadeeParidae212024+14%1990
Spotted TowheePasserellidae202024+12%1990
White-crowned SparrowPasserellidae182024+322%1990
Violet-green SwallowHirundinidae182024-39%1990
American GoldfinchFringillidae172024-30%1990
Band-tailed PigeonColumbidae162023+188%1990
Western Wood-PeweeTyrannidae162024+65%1990
Willow FlycatcherTyrannidae162024-41%1990
Steller's JayCorvidae152024+106%1991
House SparrowPasseridae142024-50%1990
European StarlingSturnidae112024-80%1990
Savannah SparrowPasserellidae102024-61%1990
Pacific WrenTroglodytidae92024-71%1990
Rock PigeonColumbidae82022+54%1990
Purple FinchFringillidae82024-63%1990
Black-headed GrosbeakCardinalidae82024+36%1990
Western TanagerCardinalidae82024+100%1990
Warbling VireoVireonidae82024+9%1990
Brown CreeperCerthiidae82024+433%1991
Golden-crowned KingletRegulidae72024-25%1990
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae62024-73%1990
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae62024-52%1990
Vaux's SwiftApodidae62018+143%1995
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae52024-67%1990
Tree SwallowHirundinidae52024+257%1990
Mourning DoveColumbidae52024+100%2003
Eurasian Collared-DoveColumbidae52024-20%2017
Yellow WarblerParulidae42024-36%1990
Blue-winged TealAnatidae42008n/an/a
SoraRallidae32008+25%1996

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