Here is the summary of my morning dogwalks from NW Seblar Terrace
to the Pittock Mansion for the week 09/11 to 09/17/08. 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 5 days this week.  

Species                  # days found  (peak #, date)

Red-tailed Hawk               1  (2, 9/14)
Band-tailed Pigeon            4  (5, 9/13)
MOURNING DOVE                 2  (1, 9/11 & 13)
Vaux's Swift                  1  (1, 9/15)
Anna's Hummingbird            5  (6)
Red-breasted Sapsucker        3  (3, 9/13)
Downy Woodpecker              4  (2)
Northern Flicker              5  (4)
Pileated Woodpecker           4  (1)
HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER          1  (1, 9/13)
PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER      1  (1, 9/13)
Swallow sp.                   1  (4, 9/13)
Cedar Waxwing                 1  (?[heard only], 9/11)
Bewick's Wren                 4  (3, 9/15)
Winter Wren                   2  (3, 9/13)
Swainson's Thrush             4  (3, 9/16)  
American Robin                3  (3)
Varied Thrush                 3  (2)
Bushtit                       2  (15, 9/13)
Black-capped Chickadee        5  (20, 9/16)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee     5  (25, 9/13)
Red-breasted Nuthatch         5  (8)
Brown Creeper                 4  (4)
Steller's Jay                 5  (6, 9/13)
Western Scrub-Jay             4  (2)
American Crow                 3  (3, 9/15)
European Starling             1  (1, 9/15)
Hutton's Vireo                5  (2, 9/14)
Purple Finch                  2  (3, 9/14)
House Finch                   5  (15, 9/16)
Red Crossbill                 1  (3, 9/16)
PINE SISKIN                   2  (2, 9/13 & 15)
Lesser Goldfinch              1  (1, 9/13)
American Goldfinch            3  (4)
Evening Grosbeak              5  (30, 9/14)
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER         1  (4, 9/13)
Black-throated Gray Warbler   3  (2, 9/11)
Townsend's Warbler            1  (3, 9/13)
HERMIT WARBLER                1  (4, 9/13)
Wilson's Warbler              1  (2, 9/13)
Western Tanager               3  (2, 9/15)
Spotted Towhee                5  (8)
Fox Sparrow                   3  (3, 9/14)
Song Sparrow                  4  (12)
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW        1  (1, 9/11)
Dark-eyed Junco               5  (15)
   "SLATE-COLORED JUNCO"      1  (1, 9/14)
Black-headed Grosbeak         1  (1, 9/11)

In the neighborhood but not found on dogwalk: TURKEY VULTURE, Western
Screech-Owl, GREAT HORNED OWL, CHIPPING SPARROW (fide Andy Frank)

Misses (birds found at least 3 days during previous 2 weeks but 
not found this week): Rufous Hummingbird, Warbling Vireo

Wink Gross
Portland