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Read MoreMonthly Bird Count – October 2016
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.
Here's Jason's wrap-up (slightly edited) followed by the monthly bird count. Our next birding adventure is November 5th. Hope to see you there!
“A Summer Tanager was glowing from across the bayou. That's the first Summer Tanager for the park that we have recorded. We also saw a few female Indigo Buntings, a Common Yellowthroat, and a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. The Great Horned Owl was in clear view today as well.”
cormorant sp. - 1 (flyover)
Great Blue Heron - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-Shouldered Hawk - 1
White-winged Dove - 70
Great Horned Owl - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Blue Jay - 8
Carolina Wren - 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
American Robin - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 6
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Summer Tanager - 1
Northern Cardinal - 4
Indigo Bunting - 3
grackle sp. - 2 (flyover)
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Read MoreMonthly Bird Count – September 2016
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.
Here's Jason's wrap-up (slightly edited) followed by the monthly bird count. Our next birding adventure is September 10th. Hope to see you there!
We had our September bird walk today with 17 species listed below. The highlight was the Great Horned Owl that Les flushed from across the bayou. Looking back at our spreadsheet, January and August are the only months that we have never seen a Great Horned Owl at the park. Our next walk will be on October 8th.
- Great Blue Heron - 1
- Great Egret - 1
- Green Heron - 1
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - 1
- White-winged Dove - 55
- Mourning Dove - 5
- Great Horned Owl - 1
- Chimney Swift - 7
- Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
- Blue Jay - 13
- Tufted Titmouse - 1
- Carolina Wren - 3
- American Robin - 5
- Northern Mockingbird - 2
- European Starling - 14
- Northern Cardinal - 3
- Great-tailed Grackle - 7
View the official record of birds at Woodland Park as kept by the Houston Audubon Society.
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Terrific three part series by Robert McFarlane and the Houston Audubon Society discussing, amongst other things, the birds found at Woodland Park.
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Read MoreMonthly Bird Count – August 2016
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.
Here's Jason's wrap-up (slightly edited) followed by the monthly bird count. Our next birding adventure is September 10th. Hope to see you there!
It was a slow bird day this morning with only 14 confirmed species. We did get really good looks at Black-crowned Night-Herons and Great Blue Herons.
Great Blue Heron - 3
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
White-winged Dove - 25
Mourning Dove - 1
Chimney Swift - 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 6
Carolina Wren - 3
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Northern Cardinal - 3
Great-tailed Grackle - 2
(possibly 2 immature yellow-crowned night-heron)