Birds around Houston
Houston, Texas, United States
Every measure here is worked out per 5 degree square, so this covers the wider area around Houston (25° to 30° latitude, -100° to -95° longitude, about 550 km across), not the city alone. Counts are shares of all birds records in the same weeks, so busier stations do not inflate them (methods).
Arrived in the last four weeks
- Dunlin around 12 October
- Northern Flicker around 12 October
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet around 12 October
- Ring-billed Gull around 12 October
- Gadwall around 12 October
- Lincoln's Sparrow around 12 October
- Savannah Sparrow around 12 October
- Spotted Towhee around 12 October
- Rock Wren around 12 October
- White-crowned Sparrow around 12 October
- Pine Siskin around 5 October
Expected in the next six weeks
No arrivals expected here in the next six weeks, going by last year.
Dates are last year's first regular records after at least six weeks away, with each species' own uncertainty on its page. Each species page can email you when it turns up.
Most recorded, last eight weeks
| Species | Records | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata | 1,606,297 | 218.7 |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris | 661,013 | 90.0 |
| Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus | 521,760 | 71.0 |
| Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis | 421,451 | 57.4 |
| Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe | 378,021 | 51.5 |
| Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis | 377,194 | 51.4 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus | 332,156 | 45.2 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus | 324,751 | 44.2 |
| House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus | 296,673 | 40.4 |
| American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos | 218,607 | 29.8 |
| House Sparrow Passer domesticus | 201,230 | 27.4 |
| Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria | 199,006 | 27.1 |
| Inca Dove Columbina inca | 146,805 | 20.0 |
| Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor | 138,886 | 18.9 |
| Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens | 129,800 | 17.7 |
How well this area is covered
Watched in 12 of the last 12 weeks for birds (enough records to count; unwatched weeks say nothing about absence). Active stations here in the last 30 days: 32 BirdWeather. Add a station to fill the gap.