Date: 3/19/25 2:15 pm From: David Suddjian <dsuddjian...> Subject: [cobirds] Re: Adopt a Colorado survey route for the Breeding Bird Survey
Thankfully there has been a good response from several birders to volunteer
for the Breeding Bird Survey and adopt one or more Colorado routes. In
case others are still considering or interested, I've pasted an updated
list of available routes below. If you look at the map and list of vacant
routes on the BBS website https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBS/RouteMap/Map.cfm it
currently shows the Stoneham route as still open, but in fact that route
has been claimed and will be assigned shortly.
--David Suddjian
These are the available routes as of right now:
Route # Route Name County
17007 Fleming Logan, Phillips
17014 Abarr Yuma
17015 Delta Delta, Montrose
17017 Parlin Gunnison
17020 Boyero Lincoln
17028 Two Buttes Baca, Prowers
17037 Waverly Yuma
17039 Willow Peak Eagle
17044 Bethune Kit Carson
17056 Trinchera Las Animas
17058 Campo Baca
17124 Blackhead Pk Archuleta
17209 Flattops Rio Blanco
17210 Thomasville Pitkin, Eagle
17228 Edler Baca
17307 Julesburg Sedgwick, Logan
17309 Ragged Mtn. Delta, Mesa
17314 Burlington Kit Carson, Yuma
17320 Karval Lincoln
17321 Sheridan Lak Kiowa, Prowers
17327 Timpas Otero, Las Animas
17359 Rifle Falls Garfield
17376 Ludlow Las Animas
17419 Doyle Bridge 2 Pueblo
17423 Animas 2 La Plata
17425 Mesita Costilla
17478 Heeney 2 Summit
On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM David Suddjian <dsuddjian...> wrote:
> Hi CoBirders,
>
> The *North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) i*s our longest running
> continent-wide survey of breeding birds. Each year during the height of the
> avian breeding season (late May to early July), skilled birders collect
> bird population data along roadside BBS survey routes. Each survey route is
> 24.5 miles long with stops situated 0.5-mile apart. At each stop, a
> 3-minute point count is conducted, and every bird seen or heard within a
> 0.25-mile radius is recorded. Routes are surveyed once each season,
> following the same roads and making the same stops each year.
>
> I've been surveying BBS routes for over 30 years and it is one of the
> highlights of my birding year. I've learned so much, and it is so fun to
> get to know the routes and the birds along the way, and to see first hand
> how things are changing.
>
> *Can you adopt an available survey route? *Observers should be skilled in
> identifying the birds of the region by sight and sound (sorry, you can't
> use Merlin sound ID to find and ID the birds for you). The BBS is looking
> for volunteers to make at least a three-year commitment to surveying a
> route. Interested? Visit here for *more information*
> <https://cobirds.org/bbs-2025-routes/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJGlDRleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHXBVc4Z6cKhTx0JP3Mw7fgtK7Vuk4zNh2dZ5fQkJyG_h8Ej73na7Kp8_Bw_aem_jlzwU9LLER3bL0Z601VvkA>.
> I've pasted a list of currently available routes below, and information on
> each can be found here Vacant BBS Routes
> <https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/RouteMap/Map.cfm> >
> Please contact me with any questions.
>
> David Suddjian
> Littleton CO
> Colorado BBS state coordinator
>
>
> Route # Route Name County
> 17003 Yampa Routt
> 17006 Pinneo Morgan, Logan
> 17007 Fleming Logan, Phillips
> 17014 Abarr Yuma
> 17015 Delta Delta, Montrose
> 17017 Parlin Gunnison
> 17020 Boyero Lincoln
> 17028 Two Buttes Baca, Prowers
> 17037 Waverly Yuma
> 17039 Willow Peak Eagle
> 17042 Adams Co. Adams
> 17044 Bethune Kit Carson
> 17056 Trinchera Las Animas
> 17058 Campo Baca
> 17124 Blackhead Pk Archuleta
> 17125 San Luis Alamosa
> 17203 Buffalo Park Grand
> 17205 Grover Weld
> 17206 Stoneham Weld
> 17209 Flattops Rio Blanco
> 17210 Thomasville Pitkin, Eagle
> 17228 Edler Baca
> 17307 Julesburg Sedgwick, Logan
> 17309 Ragged Mtn. Delta, Mesa
> 17314 Burlington Kit Carson, Yuma
> 17320 Karval Lincoln
> 17321 Sheridan Lak Kiowa, Prowers
> 17327 Timpas Otero, Las Animas
> 17359 Rifle Falls Garfield
> 17376 Ludlow Las Animas
> 17412 Prospect Valley 2 Adams
> 17419 Doyle Bridge 2 Pueblo
> 17423 Animas 2 La Plata
> 17425 Mesita Costilla
> 17478 Heeney 2 Summit
>
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