Here is the summary of my morning dogwalks from NW Seblar Terrace to the Pittock Mansion for the week 9/26 to 10/2/02. Species in ALL CAPS were neither seen nor heard the previous week. We did the walk 6 days this week. Species # days found (peak #, date) Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 (1, 9/26) CALIFORNIA QUAIL 1 (1, 9/26) Band-tailed Pigeon 5 (9, 10/1) Mourning Dove 3 (3, 9/26) Vaux's Swift 2 (15, 9/29) Anna's Hummingbird 5 (4, 9/26) Red-breasted Sapsucker 5 (4, 9/26) Downy Woodpecker 3 (2, 9/26) Northern Flicker 6 (10, 9/26) PILEATED WOODPECKER 2 (2, 9/27) Empidonax sp. 1 (1 prob. PSFL, 10/2) Barn Swallow 1 (1, 9/27) Golden-crowned Kinglet 6 (20, 9/26 & 10/1) RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET 4 (15, 10/2) Cedar Waxwing 3 (30, 9/27) Bewick's Wren 6 (5, 9/27) Winter Wren 6 (4, 9/29) Swainson's Thrush 3 (1) Hermit Thrush 4 (1) American Robin 6 (30, 9/27) Varied Thrush 6 (15, 9/27 & 10/1) Bushtit 4 (75, 9/26) Black-capped Chickadee 6 (30, 9/26 & 29) Chestnut-backed Chickadee 6 (20, 10/2) Red-breasted Nuthatch 6 (8, 9/26) Brown Creeper 3 (3) Steller's Jay 6 (10) Western Scrub-Jay 5 (2) American Crow 4 (10, 9/29) European Starling 6 (12) Hutton's Vireo 6 (5, 10/1) Orange-crowned Warbler 1 (2, 10/1) YELLOW WARBLER 1 (1, 10/1) YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER 1 (3, 10/1) Black-throated Gray Warb. 5 (6, 10/2) Townsend's Warbler 5 (8, 10/1) COMMON YELLOWTHROAT 1 (1, 10/1) Spotted Towhee 6 (10) Fox Sparrow 2 (3, 9/27) Song Sparrow 6 (20, 10/1 & 2) GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW 3 (3, 10/1) Dark-eyed Junco 6 (30, 10/1) Purple Finch 2 (4, 9/26) House Finch 6 (20) RED CROSSBILL 1 (1, 9/27) American Goldfinch 2 (8, 10/1) Evening Grosbeak 3 (10, 9/27) In neighborhood but not found on dogwalk: TURKEY VULTURE 1 (4, 10/1) BALD EAGLE 1 (1 ad, 10/1) Red-tailed Hawk 1 (6, 10/1) WESTERN SCREECH-OWL 1 (1, 10/2) Violet-green Swallow 1 (10, 9/26) PINE SISKIN 1 (3, 10/1) What a great time of year for birding! Wink Gross Portland