Here is the summary of my morning dogwalks from NW Seblar Terrace to the Pittock Mansion for the week 1/31 to 2/6/02. Species in ALL CAPS were neither seen nor heard the previous week. We did the walk 7 days this week. Species # days found (peak #, date) SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 1 (1, 2/6) MERLIN 1 (1, 2/4) Gull sp. 1 (1, 1/31) Band-tailed Pigeon 1 (1, 2/5) Mourning Dove 2 (2, 2/5) Anna's Hummingbird 4 (4, 2/2) RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER 1 (1, 2/3) Downy Woodpecker 5 (2, 2/4) Hairy Woodpecker 2 (1, 2/1 & 2) Northern Flicker 6 (2) Steller's Jay 7 (9) Western Scrub-Jay 3 (2, 2/4) American Crow 6 (7) Varied Thrush 7 (15, 2/3 & 6) Hermit Thrush 2 (1, 2/1 & 3) American Robin 6 (50, 2/3) European Starling 7 (10, 2/3) Red-breasted Nuthatch 7 (8) Brown Creeper 3 (3, 2/2) Bewick's Wren 2 (2, 2/4) Winter Wren 7 (5) Bushtit 3 (15, 2/2) Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 (1, 2/2 & 3) Golden-crowned Kinglet 6 (15, 2/4) Black-capped Chickadee 7 (40) Chestnut-backed Chickadee 7 (20) Pine Siskin 6 (40, 2/2) House Finch 7 (30, 2/3) RED CROSSBILL 3 (6, 2/6) Fox Sparrow 2 (3, 2/2) Song Sparrow 7 (40, 2/3) Dark-eyed Junco 7 (45, 2/5) Spotted Towhee 7 (8) Signs of spring: drumming Downy Woodpecker, Band-tailed Pigeon territorial flight, singing Towhees and Winter and Bewick's Wrens. Wink Gross Portland winkg@hevanet.com