Here is the summary of my morning dogwalks from NW Seblar Terrace
to the Pittock Mansion for the week 09/23/10 to 09/29/10.  Species
neither seen nor heard the previous TWO weeks are 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 with an extra, afternoon walk
on 9/26 (denoted "PM").
 
Species                # days found  (peak #, date)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 1  (25, 9/27)
TURKEY VULTURE              2  (15, 9/27)
Osprey                      1  (1, 9/23)
COOPER'S HAWK               1  (1, 9/27)
Red-tailed Hawk             3  (2, 9/25)
*GREATER YELLOWLEGS         1  (1, 9/27)
Band-tailed Pigeon          4  (6)
Mourning Dove               1  (2, 9/23)
Vaux's Swift                3  (50, 9/27)
Anna's Hummingbird          5  (7)
Red-breasted Sapsucker      1  (1, 9/25)
Downy Woodpecker            5  (2)
Northern Flicker            6  (4)
Pileated Woodpecker         2  (1, 9/24 & 27)
Hutton's Vireo              5  (2)
Warbling Vireo              1  (2, 9/24)
Steller's Jay               5  (5, 9/26)
Western Scrub-Jay           1  (1, 9/25)
American Crow               6  (50, 9/26 PM)
VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW        3  (30, 9/27)
Barn Swallow                1  (20, 9/27)
Swallow sp.                 1  (30, 9/27)
Black-capped Chickadee      6  (15, 9/26 & 27)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee   5  (7)
Bushtit                     2  (? [heard only])
Red-breasted Nuthatch       6  (7)
Brown Creeper               4  (3)
Bewick's Wren               1  (2, 9/25)
Pacific Wren                5  (3)
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET      5  (5, 9/26)
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET        1  (1, 9/23)
Swainson's Thrush           3  (3, 9/25)
Hermit Thrush               1  (1, 9/27)
Catharus sp.                2  (2, 9/25)
American Robin              4  (8, 9/27)
VARIED THRUSH               2  (7, 9/29)
European Starling           1  (3, 9/27)
Black-throated Gray Warbler 4  (2)
Townsend's Warbler          2  (4, 9/26)
Wilson's Warbler            1  (1, 9/27)
Spotted Towhee              6  (7)
Fox Sparrow                 1  (1, 9/23)
Song Sparrow                6  (12, 9/27)
Golden-crowned Sparrow      1  (1, 9/29)
Dark-eyed Junco             6  (15)
Black-headed Grosbeak       1  (1, 9/24)
Purple Finch                2  (2, 9/25)
House Finch                 4  (7)
Lesser Goldfinch            1  (1, 9/24)
American Goldfinch          2  (8, 9/27)
Evening Grosbeak            5  (10)

*GREATER YELLOWLEGS (heard overhead) is a new species for my
dogwalk

In the neighborhood but not found on dogwalk: Western Screech-Owl,
Common Raven

Misses (birds found at least 3 days during previous 2 weeks
but not found this week:  Rufous Hummingbird, Pacific-slope
Flycatcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Western
Tanager, Pine Siskin

Wink Gross
Portland