BBS Route · Washington · BCR 5
Warm Beach Bird Survey Route
A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 114 species recorded across 48 survey years, no longer active.
114Species Recorded
48Years Surveyed
1968–2017Span
3Observers
Bird Species Found on Washington Warm Beach
Top 40 of 114 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.
| History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Starling | Sturnidae | 135 | 2017 | +219% | 1970 | |
| American Robin | Turdidae | 108 | 2017 | +43% | 1970 | |
| American Goldfinch | Fringillidae | 60 | 2017 | +76% | 1970 | |
| Spotted Towhee | Passerellidae | 49 | 2017 | +249% | 1970 | |
| Song Sparrow | Passerellidae | 44 | 2017 | +82% | 1970 | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundinidae | 44 | 2017 | -32% | 1970 | |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Passerellidae | 42 | 2017 | +83% | 1970 | |
| Swainson's Thrush | Turdidae | 39 | 2017 | -44% | 1970 | |
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycillidae | 33 | 2017 | +288% | 1970 | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Icteridae | 27 | 2017 | +106% | 1970 | |
| Marbled Murrelet | Alcidae | 27 | 2002 | +157% | 1987 | |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | Cardinalidae | 25 | 2017 | +527% | 1970 | |
| Cliff Swallow | Hirundinidae | 25 | 2017 | -44% | 1970 | |
| Chestnut-backed Chickadee | Paridae | 24 | 2017 | +92% | 1970 | |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Columbidae | 17 | 2017 | +57% | 2014 | |
| Violet-green Swallow | Hirundinidae | 16 | 2017 | -39% | 1970 | |
| Purple Finch | Fringillidae | 16 | 2017 | +126% | 1971 | |
| American Crow | Corvidae | 14 | 2017 | +32% | 1970 | |
| House Finch | Fringillidae | 14 | 2017 | -25% | 1970 | |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerellidae | 12 | 2017 | -50% | 1970 | |
| Common Yellowthroat | Parulidae | 12 | 2017 | +300% | 1974 | |
| Glaucous-winged Gull | Laridae | 11 | 2017 | +60% | 1970 | |
| House Sparrow | Passeridae | 11 | 2017 | +621% | 1970 | |
| Black-capped Chickadee | Paridae | 11 | 2017 | +34% | 1970 | |
| Black Swift | Apodidae | 11 | 1994 | -57% | 1981 | |
| Brewer's Blackbird | Icteridae | 10 | 2017 | -40% | 1970 | |
| Killdeer | Charadriidae | 9 | 2017 | +14% | 1970 | |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Tyrannidae | 8 | 2017 | -61% | 1970 | |
| Western Wood-Pewee | Tyrannidae | 8 | 2017 | +55% | 1970 | |
| Common Merganser | Anatidae | 8 | 2005 | +40% | 1987 | |
| Willow Flycatcher | Tyrannidae | 7 | 2017 | -76% | 1970 | |
| Western Tanager | Cardinalidae | 7 | 2017 | -11% | 1970 | |
| Tree Swallow | Hirundinidae | 7 | 2017 | +467% | 1970 | |
| American Coot | Rallidae | 7 | 1993 | +600% | 1983 | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Icteridae | 6 | 2017 | -52% | 1970 | |
| Yellow Warbler | Parulidae | 6 | 2017 | -56% | 1970 | |
| Anna's Hummingbird | Trochilidae | 6 | 2017 | +100% | 2015 | |
| Pine Siskin | Fringillidae | 5 | 2010 | -59% | 1972 | |
| Bewick's Wren | Troglodytidae | 5 | 2017 | +100% | 1970 | |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulidae | 5 | 2017 | +136% | 1971 |
Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22. A route is a sample, not a census.