Here is the summary of my morning dogwalks from NW Seblar Terrace
to the Pittock Mansion for the week 12/11 to 12/17/08.  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 7 days this week. 

Species                  # days found  (peak #, date)

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT      1  (1, 12/16)
COMMON MERGANSER              1  (7, 12/16)
Accipiter sp.                 1  (1, 12/12)
Mourning Dove                 5  (7, 12/13)
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL            1  (1, 12/16)
Anna's Hummingbird            4  (1)
Red-breasted Sapsucker        2  (1, 12/11 & 12)
Downy Woodpecker              1  (1, 12/16)
Northern Flicker              4  (1)
Golden-crowned Kinglet        2  (2, 12/11)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet          1  (1, 12/16)
Winter Wren                   4  (2)
American Robin                3  (30, 12/16)
Varied Thrush                 7  (4)
BUSHTIT                       1  (?[heard only], 12/13)
Black-capped Chickadee        7  (10)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee     5  (2+)
Red-breasted Nuthatch         1  (1, 12/12)
Brown Creeper                 1  (1, 12/15)
Steller's Jay                 3  (5)
Western Scrub-Jay             6  (1)
American Crow                 3  (2)
House Finch                   4  (15, 12/16)
Pine Siskin                   4  (20, 12/16)
Spotted Towhee                7  (5)
Song Sparrow                  7  (10)
Dark-eyed Junco               7  (30)
     "SLATE-COLORED"          1  (1, 12/15)

Misses (birds found at least 3 days during previous 2 weeks but 
not found this week):  Bewick's Wren


Wink Gross
Portland