Here is the summary of my morning dogwalks from NW Seblar Terrace to the Pittock Mansion for the week 10/01 to 10/07/09. 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 5 days this week. Species # days found (peak #, date) Cackling Goose 2 (105, 10/6) Band-tailed Pigeon 2 (8, 10/7) Mourning Dove 1 (2, 10/1) VAUX'S SWIFT 1 (2, 10/7) Anna's Hummingbird 4 (4) Red-breasted Sapsucker 2 (2, 10/6) DOWNY WOODPECKER 1 (1, 10/2) Hairy Woodpecker 1 (1, 10/5) Northern Flicker 5 (4) Pileated Woodpecker 1 (1, 10/7) Empidonax sp. 1 (1, 10/1) Hutton's Vireo 3 (2, 10/5) Steller's Jay 4 (12, 10/7) Western Scrub-Jay 1 (1, 10/6) American Crow 5 (12, 10/6) Black-capped Chickadee 5 (30) Chestnut-backed Chickadee 4 (15, 10/1) Bushtit 2 (6, 10/1) Red-breasted Nuthatch 5 (10) Brown Creeper 5 (3) Bewick's Wren 4 (3, 10/6) Winter Wren 3 (2) Golden-crowned Kinglet 5 (25, 10/1) Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4 (3, 9/30) Hermit Thrush 4 (4, 10/7) American Robin 5 (60, 10/6) Varied Thrush 5 (6) European Starling 3 (7, 10/6) Cedar Waxwing 3 (40, 10/6) Black-throated Gray Warbler 1 (15, 10/1) Townsend's Warbler 4 (3) Spotted Towhee 5 (10) Fox Sparrow 1 (1, 10/1) Song Sparrow 5 (12, 10/1) Golden-crowned Sparrow 2 (1, 10/5 & 6) Dark-eyed Junco 5 (20) Purple Finch 2 (1, 10/1 & 6) House Finch 5 (15, 10/7) PINE SISKIN 2 (15, 10/6) LESSER GOLDFINCH 2 (6, 10/6) American Goldfinch 5 (4) Evening Grosbeak 4 (15) In the neighborhood but not found on dogwalk: RED-TAILED HAWK, VIOLET- GREEN SWALLOW, TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE Misses (birds found at least 3 days in previous 2 weeks but not found this week): Swainson's Thrush, Western Tanager, Red Crossbill Wink Gross Portland