Here is the summary of my morning dogwalks from NW Seblar Terrace to the Pittock Mansion for the week 08/06 to 08/12/09. Species neither seen nor heard the previous week are listed in ALL CAPS. Additional information about my dogwalk, including an archive of weekly summaries and an updated (7/1/09) 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) Turkey Vulture 1 (2, 8/10) COOPER'S HAWK 1 (1, 8/6) ROCK PIGEON 1 (2, 8/10) Band-tailed Pigeon 5 (7, 8/12) Mourning Dove 1 (2, 8/12) BARRED OWL 2 (1, 8/7 & 11) Vaux's Swift 1 (15, 8/10) Anna's Hummingbird 5 (6, 8/10) Rufous Hummingbird 2 (3, 8/7) Hummingbird sp. 4 (3, 8/10) Northern Flicker 4 (3) Pileated Woodpecker 3 (2, 8/10) PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER 1 (1, 8/7) EMPIDONAX sp. 1 (2, 8/10) CASSIN'S VIREO 1 (1, 8/11) Hutton's Vireo 3 (3) Steller's Jay 5 (8) Western Scrub-Jay 4 (2) American Crow 2 (3, 8/7) COMMON RAVEN 1 (1, 8/6) Black-capped Chickadee 5 (20) Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5 (15) Bushtit 2 (10, 8/6 & 7) Red-breasted Nuthatch 5 (6) Brown Creeper 3 (2) Bewick's Wren 2 (5, 8/7) Winter Wren 1 (2, 8/7) GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET 1 (2, 8/10) SWAINSON'S THRUSH 2 (1, 8/11 & 12) American Robin 5 (8) Cedar Waxwing 2 (4, 8/11) ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER 2 (2, 8/7) Black-throated Gray Warbler 1 (1, 8/10) Wilson's Warbler 4 (2) Spotted Towhee 5 (8, 8/7) Song Sparrow 5 (10) Dark-eyed Junco 5 (7, 8/12) Black-headed Grosbeak 2 (4, 8/10) House Finch 5 (5) Pine Siskin 2 (1, 8/6 & 7) American Goldfinch 3 (1) Misses (species found on at least 3 days in previous 2 weeks but not found this week): Violet-green Swallow, Western Tanager, Red Crossbill Evening Grosbeak Wink Gross Portland