Here is the summary of my morning dogwalks from NW Seblar Terrace to the Pittock Mansion for the week 10/31 to 11/6/02. Species in ALL CAPS were neither seen nor heard the previous week. Additional info about the dogwalk can be found at http://www.hevanet.com/winkg/dogwalkpage.html We did the walk 6 days this week. Species # days found (peak #, date) Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 (1, 11/2 & 4) Cooper's Hawk 1 (1, 11/5) MERLIN 1 (1, 11/4) Gull sp. 1 (6, 10/31) ROCK DOVE 1 (1-2, 11/2) Mourning Dove 2 (1, 11/2 & 3) Anna's Hummingbird 4 (5, 11/4) RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER 1 (2-3, 11/2) Downy Woodpecker 3 (1) Northern Flicker 5 (6, 11/3) Golden-crowned Kinglet 5 (25, 11/5) Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 (15, 11/5) Cedar Waxwing 4 (12, 11/4) BEWICK'S WREN 2 (1, 11/5 & 6) Winter Wren 6 (4) Hermit Thrush 4 (3, 11/3) American Robin 6 (160, 11/5) Varied Thrush 6 (10, 11/4) Bushtit 2 (15, 11/5) Black-capped Chickadee 6 (40, 11/5) Chestnut-backed Chickadee 6 (25, 11/5) Red-breasted Nuthatch 6 (4) Brown Creeper 2 (2) Steller's Jay 5 (10, 11/4) Western Scrub-Jay 3 (1) American Crow 6 (25, 11/3) European Starling 6 (20, 11/5) Hutton's Vireo 2 (4, 11/5) Spotted Towhee 6 (10, 11/4) Fox Sparrow 1 (1, 10/31) Song Sparrow 6 (20) Dark-eyed Junco 6 (45) PURPLE FINCH 1 (1-2, 10/31) House Finch 6 (20) RED CROSSBILL 1 (8, 11/5) Pine Siskin 3 (1) American Goldfinch 3 (2) In neighborhood but not found on dogwalk: Red-tailed Hawk, California Quail (fide neighbor), TOWNSEND'S WARBLER Misses (birds found at least 3 days during previous 2 weeks, but not found this week): Canada Goose, Band-tailed Pigeon, Evening Grosbeak. The birds were very quiet this morning, as well they should be with all the Chickenhawks flying high. |^( Wink Gross Portland