Here is the summary of my morning dogwalks from NW Seblar Terrace to the Pittock Mansion for the week 08/20 to 08/26/09. 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 7 days this week. Species # days found (peak #, date) CANADA GOOSE 1 (4, 8/21) Red-tailed Hawk 1 (1, 8/23) Band-tailed Pigeon 5 (12, 8/22) Mourning Dove 5 (4) Vaux's Swift 2 (6, 8/20) Anna's Hummingbird 4 (6) Rufous Hummingbird 3 (6, 8/26) Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 (2, 8/23) Hairy Woodpecker 3 (1) Northern Flicker 4 (2) Pileated Woodpecker 3 (2) CASSIN'S VIREO 1 (1, 8/26) Hutton's Vireo 3 (1) Warbling Vireo 1 (2, 8/26) Steller's Jay 7 (10, 8/23) Western Scrub-Jay 5 (2) American Crow 5 (3) Common Raven 2 (1, 8/21 & 26) Purple Martin 1 (1+[heard only], 8/23) Black-capped Chickadee 7 (20) Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5 (2) Bushtit 3 (10) Red-breasted Nuthatch 6 (5) Brown Creeper 5 (1) Bewick's Wren 3 (3, 8/20) Winter Wren 5 (2) GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET 1 (3, 8/22) Swainson's Thrush 6 (3, 8/20) American Robin 1 (1, 8/24) Cedar Waxwing 6 (15, 8/20) Orange-crowned Warbler 1 (1, 8/26) Black-throated Gray Warbler 3 (1) TOWNSEND'S WARBLER 1 (2, 8/26) MacGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER 1 (1, 8/21) Wilson's Warbler 6 (6, 8/20) Western Tanager 1 (2, 8/21) Spotted Towhee 7 (5) Song Sparrow 7 (10, 8/23) Dark-eyed Junco 7 (10, 8/20) Black-headed Grosbeak 1 (1, 8/24) Purple Finch 2 (1, 8/21 & 23) House Finch 7 (15) Red Crossbill 4 (5, 8/22) Pine Siskin 2 (3, 8/20) American Goldfinch 5 (2) Evening Grosbeak 1 (1, 8/26) In the neighborhood but not found on dogwalk: Western Wood-Pewee, Cliff Swallow Misses (birds found at least 3 days in previous 2 weeks but not found this week): Downy Woodpecker, Empidonax sp. Wink Gross Portland