Here is the summary of my morning dogwalks from NW Seblar Terrace
to the Pittock Mansion for the week 03/12 to 03/18/09.  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 only 2 days this week, Mar 16 & 17. 

Species                  # days found  (peak #, date)

Mourning Dove                 1  (5, 3/17)
Red-breasted Sapsucker        2  (2)
Downy Woodpecker              1  (1, 3/16)
Northern Flicker              2  (3, 3/17)
Steller's Jay                 2  (1)
Western Scrub-Jay             1  (1, 3/16)
American Crow                 2  (10, 3/17)
Black-capped Chickadee        2  (5)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee     2  (5)
Red-breasted Nuthatch         2  (2)
Bewick's Wren                 1  (1, 3/17)
Winter Wren                   1  (1, 3/17)
American Robin                2  (25, 3/17)
Varied Thrush                 2  (10, 3/16)
European Starling             2  (4, 3/17)
Spotted Towhee                2  (5)
Fox Sparrow                   1  (1, 3/16)
Song Sparrow                  2  (10)
Dark-eyed Junco               2  (20, 3/5)
Purple Finch                  1  (1, 3/17)
House Finch                   2  (3)
Pine Siskin                   2  (10)

In the neighborhood but not found on dogwalk: RED-TAILED HAWK, Western 
Screech-Owl, COMMON RAVEN (fide Andy Frank)

Misses (birds found at least 3 days in previous 2 weeks but not
found this week--of little significance this week): Band-tailed Pigeon,
Anna's Hummingbird, Pileated Woodpecker, Brown Creeper


Wink Gross
Portland