Here is the summary of my morning dogwalks from NW Seblar Terrace
to the Pittock Mansion for the week 08/13 to 08/19/09.  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 6 days this week.

Species                  # days found  (peak #, date)

OSPREY                        1  (2, 8/18)
Band-tailed Pigeon            4  (11, 8/13)
Mourning Dove                 4  (2)
Vaux's Swift                  2  (2, 8/14)
Anna's Hummingbird            5  (4)
Rufous Hummingbird            3  (1)
Hummingbird sp.               5  (3)
RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER        1  (1, 8/13)
DOWNY WOODPECKER              3  (1)
HAIRY WOODPECKER              1  (1, 8/17)
Northern Flicker              5  (4, 8/13)
Pileated Woodpecker           3  (1)
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER        1  (1, 8/18)
WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE            2  (2, 8/17)
Pacific-slope Flycatcher      1  (1, 8/17)
Empidonax sp.                 3  (2)
Hutton's Vireo                3  (4, 8/17)
WARBLING VIREO                1  (1, 8/14)
Steller's Jay                 6  (7)
Western Scrub-Jay             5  (2)
American Crow                 6  (4)
Common Raven                  2  (1, 8/16 & 17)
PURPLE MARTIN                 1  (1, 8/13)
Black-capped Chickadee        6  (20)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee     6  (10)
Bushtit                       2  (15, 8/17)
Red-breasted Nuthatch         6  (6)
Brown Creeper                 5  (2)
Bewick's Wren                 2  (1, 8/14 & 15)
*HOUSE WREN                   1  (1, 8/18)
Winter Wren                   2  (1, 8/13 & 14)
Swainson's Thrush             1  (1, 8/18)
American Robin                6  (12, 8/14)
Cedar Waxwing                 5  (20, 8/13)
Orange-crowned Warbler        2  (1, 8/15 & 18)
Black-throated Gray Warbler   4  (3)
HERMIT WARBLER                1  (1, 8/15)
Wilson's Warbler              6  (5)
WESTERN TANAGER               3  (3, 8/17)
Spotted Towhee                6  (7)
Song Sparrow                  6  (14, 8/13)
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW         1  (1, 8/18)
Dark-eyed Junco               6  (15, 8/14)
Black-headed Grosbeak         4  (2)
LAZULI BUNTING                1  (1, 8/15)
PURPLE FINCH                  2  (1, 8/15 & 18)
House Finch                   6  (15, 8/18)
RED CROSSBILL                 1  (4, 8/15)
Pine Siskin                   3  (3)
LESSER GOLDFINCH              1  (2, 8/15)
American Goldfinch            4  (2)
EVENING GROSBEAK              1  (1, 8/18)

*only the second House Wren in 9 years of dogwalks

In the neighborhood but not found on dogwalk: Cooper's Hawk, RED-TAILED
HAWK, GREAT HORNED OWL, CLIFF SWALLOW

Now entering the best time of the year for birding the Pittock Mansion
"patch"!

Wink Gross
Portland