[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@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi CoBirders,

The North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) is 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.  I've pasted a list of currently available routes below, and information on each can be found here Vacant BBS Routes

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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