Monthly 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.