Here is the summary of my morning dogwalks from NW Seblar
Terrace to the Pittock Mansion for the week 8/30 to 9/5/01.
Species in ALL CAPS were neither seen nor heard the previous
week.

In response to inquiries the parameters of the dogwalk 
are:

Distance 1.7 miles round trip, elevation 800 to 900ft,
start time about 8:15AM and return about 9:30AM, dog 
("Lillian") is a black English Cocker Spaniel, and, 
although technically a Bird Dog, is not a birder.  

We did the walk 3 days this week: 9/1, 4, & 5.

Species               # days found  (peak #, date)

ACCIPITER, sp.            1  (1 im., 9/1)
Band-tailed Pigeon        3  (6, 9/5)
Mourning Dove             1  (4, 9/5)
Vaux's Swift              2  (30, 9/5)
Anna's Hummingbird        3  (5, 9/5)
Rufous Hummingbird        1  (1, 9/1)
Downy Woodpecker          3  (3, 9/4)
Northern Flicker          2  (3, 9/5)
Olive-sided Flycatcher    1  (1, 9/4)
Pacific-slope Flycatcher  1  (1, 9/5)
Steller's Jay             3  (8)
Western Scrub-Jay         2  (4, 9/1)
American Crow             3  (3, 9/5)
Hutton's Vireo            3  (3, 9/1)
Cassin's Vireo            1  (1, 9/4)
WARBLING VIREO            2  (1, 9/4 & 5)
Cedar Waxwing             2  (9, 9/5)
TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE      1  (1, 9/5)
Swainson's Thrush         1  (2, 9/5)
European Starling         1  (1, 9/4)
Red-breasted Nuthatch     3  (10)
Brown Creeper             2  (3, 9/5)
Bewick's Wren             3  (3)
Winter Wren               2  (3, 9/5)
Bushtit                   3  (25, 9/4)
VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW      1  (1, 9/4)
Swallow, sp.              1  (2, 9/5)
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET    1  (2, 9/5)
Black-capped Chickadee    3  (20)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 3  (25, 9/1)
Pine Siskin               2  (5, 9/1)
American Goldfinch        1  (1, 9/4)
House Finch               3  (25, 9/4)
Red Crossbill             2  (6, 9/4)
Orange-crowned Warbler    1  (2, 9/5)
Black-thr'td Gray Warbler 3  (7, 9/5)
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER        1  (5, 9/5)
Hermit Warbler            1  (3, 9/5)
Wilson's Warbler          3  (2, 9/1)
Song Sparrow              3  (12)
Dark-eyed Junco           3  (5, 9/5)
Spotted Towhee            3  (9, 9/5)
Western Tanager           2  (1, 9/1 & 4)

The TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was waiting for us in our yard when we
returned from our walk this morning.  While not unprecedented
in our neighborhood (we had one in November, 1998), it was a
nice surprise.

I was interested to read Wilson Cady's and John Lawes' accounts of
a warbler wave yesterday, 9/4.  I did not find the same here, but
may have finished my walk too early.  The warbler activity definitely
picked up this morning after 9:30AM.

In the neighborhood but not detected on dogwalk:

GREAT-HORNED OWL heard during the night of 9/1.

No Robins this week!


Wink Gross
Portland
winkg@hevanet.com