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BBS Route · West Virginia · BCR 28

Bebee Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 108 species recorded across 50 survey years, still active.

108Species 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 →
50Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1972–2024Span
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Bird Species Found on West Virginia Bebee

Top 40 of 108 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Bebee 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 RobinTurdidae512024-20%1974
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae462024-39%1974
American CrowCorvidae382024-26%1974
Barn SwallowHirundinidae312024+2%1974
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae302024-20%1974
Song SparrowPasserellidae302024+41%1974
Eastern TowheePasserellidae292024-22%1974
European StarlingSturnidae272024+2%1974
Northern CardinalCardinalidae242024+16%1974
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae242024-24%1974
Field SparrowPasserellidae232024-48%1974
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae202024-44%1974
Common YellowthroatParulidae202024-26%1974
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae162024+70%1974
American GoldfinchFringillidae142024-69%1974
Tufted TitmouseParidae122024-58%1974
American RedstartParulidae122021+200%1982
Canada GooseAnatidae122018+111%1994
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae112024-17%1974
Savannah SparrowPasserellidae112006+500%1981
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae102024+833%1974
White-eyed VireoVireonidae102024+118%1974
Wood ThrushTurdidae102024-22%1974
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae102024-63%1974
Brown ThrasherMimidae92024-28%1974
Mourning DoveColumbidae82024+933%1974
Cedar WaxwingBombycillidae82024+246%1975
Carolina ChickadeeParidae82024+283%1974
Common GrackleIcteridae72024+25%1975
Yellow WarblerParulidae72024+6%1974
Gray CatbirdMimidae72024+14%1974
Blue JayCorvidae72024+186%1976
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae62024-88%1974
House SparrowPasseridae52024-2%1974
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae52024+367%1974
Ruffed GrousePhasianidae51977n/an/a
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae42024+11%1974
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae42024-40%1976
Eastern PhoebeTyrannidae42024-28%1974
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae42024-65%1974

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