Here is the summary of my morning dogwalks from NW Seblar Terrace 
to the Pittock Mansion for the week 8/22 to 8/28/02.  Species in
ALL CAPS were neither seen nor heard the previous week.

We did the walk 4 days this week: 8/22, 8/26-28

Species              # days found  (peak #, date)

Cooper's Hawk             1  (1 ad, 8/26)
Accipiter sp.             1  (1, 8/28)
Red-tailed Hawk           1  (1, 8/28)
California Quail          2  (2 ad + 1 im, 8/25)
Band-tailed Pigeon        3  (3, 8/26)
Mourning Dove             4  (6)
Vaux's Swift              3  (15, 8/28)
Anna's Hummingbird        3  (1)
Rufous Hummingbird        3  (2)
Red-breasted Sapsucker    3  (1)
Downy Woodpecker          3  (4, 8/27)
Northern Flicker          3  (2)
Empidonax sp.             1  (1, 8/27)
Bewick's Wren             2  (2, 8/22)
Winter Wren               2  (3, 8/26)
Bushtit                   4  (30)
Black-capped Chickadee    4  (30)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 4  (25, 8/26)
Red-breasted Nuthatch     4  (10, 8/26)
Brown Creeper             3  (2)
Steller's Jay             4  (15)
Western Scrub-Jay         4  (4, 8/26)
American Crow             3  (2)
Hutton's Vireo            3  (2, 8/22)
Warbling Vireo            1  (1, 8/28)
Black-throated Gray Warb. 4  (8, 8/27)
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER        1  (1, 8/22)
Wilson's Warbler          3  (3, 8/28)
Western Tanager           1  (2, 8/28)
Spotted Towhee            4  (6)
Song Sparrow              4  (10)
Dark-eyed Junco           4  (25, 8/26)
Black-headed Grosbeak     2  (1, 8/22 & 27)
House Finch               4  (20)
American Goldfinch        3  (6, 8/26)
EVENING GROSBEAK          1  (1, 8/27)

In neighborhood but not found on dogwalk:  Swainson's Thrush

Misses (birds found at least 3 days during previous 2 weeks, but not
found this week):  Hairy Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher, American
Robin, Cedar Waxwing, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Pine Siskin

American Robins were scarce this time last year, too, returning in 
numbers in mid-September.


Wink Gross
Portland
winkg@hevanet.com