Every month Jason Bonilla, from the Houston Audubon Society, leads a group through Woodland Park and records the species and number of the birds they observe. If you'd like to join us for our hikes through the park please visit our calendar to find the next date and time.
Read MoreUpdate on Firefly Field
The necessary permits are being obtained and scheduling of contractors is in process. Installation of Firefly Field is expected to take place in the fall.
Read MorePark Benches Coming to Woodland Park
New commemorative park benches coming soon to Woodland Park.
Read MoreBirds in the Park – July 2017
Every month Jason Bonilla, from the Houston Audubon Society, leads a group through Woodland Park and records the species and number of the birds they observe. If you'd like to join us for our hikes through the park please visit our calendar to find the next date and time.
Read MoreBirds in the Park – June 2017
UPDATE: This post originally listed May's bird sightings rather than June's. It is now corrected.
From Jason Bonilla with the Houston Audubon Society:
Hi all. We had our bird survey this morning before the rain came down. We ended up with 20 species listed below. The spreadsheet for all years is attached. Becky, if you are looking for another bird of the month for the newsletter we decided on the Black-crowned Night-Heron. Our next survey will be on July 15th. We are going with the 3rd Sat. of the month for this cycle (June 2017-May 2018).
Every month Jason Bonilla, from the Houston Audubon Society, leads a group through Woodland Park and records the species and number of the birds they observe. If you'd like to join us for our hikes through the park please visit our calendar to find the next date and time.
Great Blue Heron - 1
Snowy Egret - 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 2
White-winged Dove - 1
Chimney Swift - 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Blue Jay - 8
Purple Martin - 1
Barn Swallow - 1
swallow sp. - 5
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Carolina Wren - 5
Red-vented Bulbul - 1
American Robin - 16
Northern Mockingbird - 4
European Starling - 6
Northern Cardinal - 4
House Sparrow - 2
Birds in the Park – May 2017
We had our Woodland Park walk this morning with 19 species. We saw a Least Flycatcher today which is new for the park. A couple of Red-vented Bulbuls were seen as well. Read more for a complete list of what we observed.
Read MoreState Capitol Hearing About Plastic Bags
Two students from Travis Elementary spoke to a Texas House hearing in support of HB 3482. We've said it many times here and on our Facebook page — plastic bags are decimating our public waterways in Houston. They're choking our bayous, they're littering the tops of trees after a flood. Other Texas cities have successfully implemented plastic bag bans and HB 3482 ensures Houston keeps the right to simply consider doing so.
Press conference in support of HB 3482.
Texas House Hearing
(testimony begins 1:45:15)
Birds in the Park – April 2017
From Jason Bonilla with the Houston Audubon Society:
We had our April bird survey yesterday. It was a very slow bird day at Woodland Park. I ended up going to High Island afterwards expecting to see the woods loaded with warblers and it was slow there too. We found 15 species at Woodland Park, listed below. A spreadsheet of all years is attached. Chimney Swift was chosen from our list as the bird of the month for the community newsletter.
If you are interested in supporting the "Woodland Park Bulbuls" team for this year's Birdathon, follow this link and click on "Donate." You can either click the "Support a Team" (Woodland Park Bulbuls) for a donation amount, or you can "Support an Individual" member of the team by pledging per Bird Species seen by the team on the day our team will be conducting the Birdathon. If you go this route, beware that we will be around 100 birds that day. All donations raised go to support Houston Audubon's conservation efforts (see video at link). Let me know if you have any questions.
Every month Jason leads a group through Woodland Park and records the species and number of the birds they observe. If you'd like to join us for our hikes through the park please visit our calendar to find the next date and time.
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
White-winged Dove - 4
Mourning Dove - 2
Chimney Swift - 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 6
American Crow - 2
Carolina Wren - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
American Robin - 4
European Starling - 2
Cedar Waxwing - 20
Northern Cardinal - 5
Great-tailed Grackle - 1
[FREE EVENT] Light the Night - April 29
Friends of Woodland Park invites Houston to our celebration of Firefly Field on April 29th from 7pm to 9:30pm at Woodland Park.
This free, family-friendly event is the biggest event we've ever done. We'll have food trucks, face painting, fun activities for the kids, a prize raffle and live music from funk/soul/rock band, Supreme Tabby. It's a Houston-sized party for its second-oldest park.
Visit our event on Facebook. Please let us know you're going and share with your friends.
Birds in the Park – March 2017
Every month Jason Bonilla, from the Houston Audubon Society, leads a group through Woodland Park and records the species and number of the birds they observe. If you'd like to join us for our hikes through the park please visit our calendar to find the next date and time.
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