Birds in the Park — July 2019

*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.*

Hi all. We had our Woodland Park Bird survey today. We saw two great horned owls (and have been seeing GHOWs pretty regularly now with sightings five out of the last six months). We had an exotic species day as well with Red-vented Bulbuls, Scaly-breasted Munia, and Monk Parakeets. Here is the full list and spreadsheet for all years. Our next walk will be on Saturday, August 31st at 7:30am.

- Jason

White-winged Dove - 17
Mourning Dove - 2
Chimney Swift - 3
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Great Horned Owl - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 7
Barn Swallow - 1
Cliff Swallow - 2
Carolina Wren - 4
Red-vented Bulbul - 3
American Robin - 15
Northern Mockingbird - 3
European Starling - 5
Great-tailed Grackle - 6
Northern Cardinal - 6
Scaly-breasted Munia - 3

Birds in the Park — February 2019

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. Click or select this article to view the bird species counts for the most recent hike through Woodland Park. 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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Birds in the Park – February & March 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.

From Jason Bonilla:

Last Saturday we had our March survey. Here is the list. I have included the February list below it since I did not send out an email on it. Our next Woodland Park survey will be on Sunday, April 22nd at 7:30am.

As always, the complete bird count list since the dawn of time is available here.

March Birds (17 species):

cormorant sp. - 4
Great Blue Heron - 1
heron sp. - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
White-winged Dove - 10
Mourning Dove - 3
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 11
Barn Swallow - 2
Carolina Wren - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
American Robin - 4
Northern Mockingbird - 3
European Starling - 2
Pine Warbler - 1
warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) - 1
Northern Cardinal - 9
Great-tailed Grackle - 3

February Birds (21 species):

Double-crested Cormorant - 2
cormorant sp. - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Osprey - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
hawk sp. - 1
White-winged Dove - 12
Mourning Dove - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Blue Jay - 5
Carolina Wren - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3
Northern Mockingbird - 4
Cedar Waxwing - 35
Orange-crowned Warbler - 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 7
Northern Cardinal - 7
Great-tailed Grackle - 9