Here is the summary of my morning dogwalks from NW Seblar Terrace to the Pittock Mansion for the week 09/09 to 09/16/09. 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 a 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) SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 2 (1, 9/10 & 12) Cooper's Hawk 2 (1, 9/12 & 14) Band-tailed Pigeon 4 (7) MOURNING DOVE 1 (2, 9/10) Vaux's Swift 5 (60, 9/13) Anna's Hummingbird 6 (5, 9/12) RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD 1 (1, 9/13) Red-breasted Sapsucker 3 (1) Hairy Woodpecker 1 (1, 9/13) Northern Flicker 6 (3) Pileated Woodpecker 4 (2, 9/13) PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER 1 (1, 9/15) EMPIDONAX sp. 1 (2, 9/14) Hutton's Vireo 1 (1, 9/14) Warbling Vireo 1 (1, 9/15) Steller's Jay 6 (23, 9/15) Western Scrub-Jay 5 (2, 9/11) American Crow 4 (3, 9/12) VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW 1 (3, 9/12) Barn Swallow 2 (1, 9/12 & 13) Swallow sp. 1 (4, 9/15) Black-capped Chickadee 6 (20, 9/15) Chestnut-backed Chickadee 6 (15, 9/14) Bushtit 2 (7, 9/14) Red-breasted Nuthatch 6 (10, 9/15) Brown Creeper 5 (4, 9/12) Bewick's Wren 2 (1, 9/12 & 14) HOUSE WREN 1 (1, 9/10) Winter Wren 4 (3, 9/15) GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET 1 (1, 9/14) Swainson's Thrush 6 (7, 9/13) AMERICAN ROBIN 4 (3, 9/11) EUROPEAN STARLING 2 (4, 9/14) Cedar Waxwing 3 (12, 9/11) Orange-crowned Warbler 1 (1, 9/12) Black-throated Gray Warbler 4 (2) Townsend's Warbler 1 (1, 9/14) WESTERN TANAGER 3 (3, 9/12) Spotted Towhee 6 (7) Song Sparrow 6 (10) Dark-eyed Junco 5 (6) Purple Finch 3 (2) House Finch 6 (7) RED CROSSBILL 4 (2) Pine Siskin 1 (1, 9/11) American Goldfinch 3 (1) Evening Grosbeak 3 (35, 9/14) In the neighborhood but not found on dogwalk: DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT (fide Andy Frank) Misses (birds found at least 3 days in previous 2 weeks but not found this week): Downy Woodpecker, Wilson's Warbler Wink Gross Portland