Here is the summary of my morning dogwalks from NW Seblar Terrace
to the Pittock Mansion for the week 09/25 to 10/01/08. 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)

ACCIPITER sp.                 1  (1, 9/29)
RED-TAILED HAWK               1  (1, 9/28)
Band-tailed Pigeon            3  (2)
Mourning Dove                 2  (4, 10/1)
*Western Screech-Owl          1  (1, 9/26)
Vaux's Swift                  3  (200, 10/1)
Anna's Hummingbird            5  (9, 9/28)
LEWIS'S WOODPECKER            1  (1, 10/1)
Red-breasted Sapsucker        4  (2)
Downy Woodpecker              2  (2, 9/29)
HAIRY WOODPECKER              1  (1, 9/28)
Northern Flicker              5  (5, 9/28)
Pileated Woodpecker           3  (1)
VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW          1  (40, 10/1)
Barn Swallow                  1  (1, 9/25)
Golden-crowned Kinglet        4  (2)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet          2  (1, 9/26 & 29)
Bewick's Wren                 3  (2, 9/26)
Winter Wren                   6  (2, 9/25 & 26)
Swainson's Thrush             1  (1, 9/29)
Hermit Thrush                 2  (1, 9/25 & 29)  
American Robin                6  (20, 10/1)
Varied Thrush                 5  (10, 9/29)
Black-capped Chickadee        6  (15)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee     5  (10)
Red-breasted Nuthatch         6  (7, 9/29)
Brown Creeper                 5  (2)
Steller's Jay                 6  (6)
Western Scrub-Jay             5  (4, 9/26)
American Crow                 6  (4, 10/1)
European Starling             5  (8, 10/1)
Hutton's Vireo                2  (2, 9/26 & 27)
Purple Finch                  3  (3, 9/28)
House Finch                   6  (10, 10/1)
Pine Siskin                   1  (3, 10/1)
American Goldfinch            2  (4, 10/1)
Evening Grosbeak              5  (55, 9/29)
Orange-crowned Warbler        2  (1, 9/25 & 26)
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER         1  (1, 9/26)
Black-throated Gray Warbler   5  (3, 9/28 & 10/1)
Spotted Towhee                6  (10, 9/28)
Fox Sparrow                   1  (1, 9/25)
Song Sparrow                  6  (12)
Golden-crowned Sparrow        1  (1, 9/25)
Dark-eyed Junco               6  (20)
Black-headed Grosbeak         1  (1, 9/25)

*Western Screech-Owl, although commonly heard at night in the
neighborhood, is a new species for my dogwalk.

In the neighborhood but not found on dogwalk: Great Horned
Owl

Misses (birds found at least 3 days during previous 2 weeks but 
not found this week): Cedar Waxwing, Bushtit, Western Tanager

Wink Gross
Portland