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Breeding Bird Survey
monitoring the health of our summer species
Many of Our Breeding Birds
Contributed by many NOU members
Eastern Meadowlark
© Michael Willison
American Redstart
© Phil Swanson
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
© Ken Shuster
Barred Owl
© Craig Crews
Grasshopper Sparrow
© Bob Gerten
Eared Grebe
© Bob Gerten
Western Meadowlark
© Mark Brogie
Brown Thrasher
© Michael Willison
American Robin
© Patsy McQuade
Bobolink
© Michael Willison
Prothonotary Warbler
© John Carlini
Great Blue Heron
© Craig Crews
Great Horned Owl
© Ken Shuster
Henslow’s Sparrow
© Michael Willison
Virginia Rail
© Joe Gubyani
Killdeer
© Ken Shuster
Western Meadowlark
© Craig Crews
White-eyed Vireo
© Phil Swanson
Western Cattle-Egret
© Deb Miller
Barn Swallow
© Craig Crews
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
© Joel Jorgensen
Sedge Wren
© Michael Willison
American Goldfinch
© Patsy McQuade
American Bittern
© Janis Paseka
Yellow-throated Vireo
© Phil Swanson
Red-eyed Vireo
© Craig Crews
White-faced Ibis
© Bob Gerten
Dickcissel
© Phil Swanson
Carolina Wren
© Kelly Colgan-Azar
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
© Craig Crews
Sharp-tailed Grouse
© Phil Swanson
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
© Karen Kader
Western Kingbird
© Michael Willison
Eastern Bluebird
© Michael Willison
Cedar Waxwing
© Phil Swanson
Cerulean Warbler
© Phil Swanson
Red-winged Blackbird
© Karen Kader
Sora
© Ken Shuster
American Avocet
© Justin Rink
Green Heron
© Karen Kader
Yellow-breasted Chat
© Michael Willison
Mourning Dove
© Patsy McQuade
Eastern Screech-Owl
© Karen Kader
Canada Goose
© Ken Shuster
Summer Tanager
© Michael Willison
More on the Breeding Bird Survey
For more information about Nebraska BBS routes or to sign up for a route,
contact the BBS state coordinator
© Joel Jorgensen
The Breeding Bird Survey began in 1966 and is conducted each June to collect data over time on the health of breeding populations across the United States and Canada. The 25-mile designated route is run beginning promptly one-half hour before sunrise. Surveyors stop for three minutes every half mile and record everything seen and heard at that stop.
To be a participant one must be able to identify the birds of the area by sight and especially by song since most of individuals counted will be singing males at this height of the breeding season.
Data collected from observers, including weather conditions as well as species counts, is analyzed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Canadian Wildlife Service, and other biologists such as those working with Partners in Flight. The data from these surveys is the basis for many avian conservation reports such as the
State of the Birds
report.