Here is the summary of my morning dogwalks from NW Seblar Terrace
to the Pittock Mansion for the week 08/07 to 08/13/08. Species in
ALL CAPS were neither seen nor heard the previous week.

Additional information about my dogwalk, including an archive of
weekly summaries and a checklist, may be found at

http://www.hevanet.com/winkg/dogwalkpage.html

We did the walk 6 days this week.  

Species                  # days found  (peak #, date)

TURKEY VULTURE                1  (1, 8/13)
Red-tailed Hawk               1  (1, 8/8)
Band-tailed Pigeon            5  (6, 8/8)
Mourning Dove                 4  (4, 8/8)
Vaux's Swift                  1  (1, 8/7)
Anna's Hummingbird            5  (8, 8/13)
Rufous Hummingbird            6  (5, 8/8)
Downy Woodpecker              4  (6, 8/13)
Northern Flicker              5  (2)
Pacific-slope Flycatcher      1  (1, 8/11)
Olive-sided Flycatcher        2  (2, 8/7)
CEDAR WAXWING                 1  (2, 8/8)
Bewick's Wren                 3  (1)  
American Robin                3  (2, 8/13)
Bushtit                       1  (2, 8/9)
Black-capped Chickadee        6  (30, 8/13)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee     5  (20)
Red-breasted Nuthatch         5  (4)
Brown Creeper                 5  (2)
Steller's Jay                 4  (8, 8/7)
Western Scrub-Jay             5  (3, 8/13)
American Crow                 3  (5, 8/8)
Hutton's Vireo                3  (1)
House Finch                   2  (2, 8/7 & 13)
Red Crossbill                 2  (6, 8/13)
Pine Siskin                   1  (8, 8/13)
American Goldfinch            6  (4, 8/11)
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER        1  (1, 8/11)
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER   2  (1, 8/10 & 13)
Wilson's Warbler              2  (1, 8/9 & 13)
Spotted Towhee                6  (3)
Song Sparrow                  5  (7, 8/7)
Dark-eyed Junco               6  (10)
Black-headed Grosbeak         1  (1, 8/7)

In the neighborhood but not found on dogwalk: WESTERN SCREECH-OWL,
GREAT HORNED OWL, Pileated Woodpecker

Misses (birds found at least 3 days during previous 2 weeks but 
not found this week): Violet-green Swallow, Winter Wren(!!), Purple
Finch, Lesser Goldfinch, Western Tanager


Wink Gross
Portland