Here is the summary of my morning dogwalks from NW Seblar Terrace
to the Pittock Mansion for the week 09/22/11 to 09/28/11.
Species neither seen nor heard the previous week 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 3 days this week.

Tomorrow, Thursday, Sept 29, Lillian (the dog) and I will be leading 
the last Fall Migration walk at the Pittock Mansion for this year.  
Meet at 7AM at the Pittock Mansion parking lot.  The walk is sponsored
by Portland Audubon and is free.  No signup required.  Leave whenever
you need to.

Species                # days found  (peak #, date)
  
COOPER'S HAWK               1  (2, 9/22)
Band-tailed Pigeon          3  (3)
Vaux's Swift                1  (30, 9/22)
Anna's Hummingbird          3  (4)
Red-breasted Sapsucker      1  (1, 9/28)
Downy Woodpecker            1  (2, 9/28)
Hairy Woodpecker            2  (1, 9/26 & 28)
Northern Flicker            2  (2, 9/28)
Pileated Woodpecker         1  (1, 9/22)
WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE          1  (1, 9/22)
Hutton's Vireo              1  (1, 9/28)
Steller's Jay               3  (4)
American Crow               3  (1)
Violet-green Swallow        1  (6, 9/22)
BARN SWALLOW                1  (4, 9/22)
Black-capped Chickadee      3  (14)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee   1  (2, 9/22)
Red-breasted Nuthatch       3  (5)
Brown Creeper               1  (2, 9/28)
Bewick's Wren               1  (2, 9/22)
Pacific Wren                2  (1, 9/22 & 28)
Swainson's Thrush           3  (2)
American Robin              1  (3, 9/28)
European Starling           1  (2, 9/28)
Cedar Waxwing               1  (10, 9/22)
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER       1  (1, 9/28)
Black-throated Gray Warbler 1  (7, 9/28)
Townsend's Warbler          1  (3, 9/28)
Spotted Towhee              3  (6)
Song Sparrow                3  (14, 9/28)
Golden-crowned Sparrow      1  (1, 9/26)
Dark-eyed Junco             3  (11, 9/28)
House Finch                 1  (1, 9/28)
Pine Siskin                 2  (15, 9/26)
Lesser Goldfinch            1  (1, 9/28)
American Goldfinch          2  (3, 9/28)
Evening Grosbeak            1  (5, 9/22)

In the neighborhood but not found on dogwalk: TURKEY VULTURE, SWAINSON'S
HAWK, Red-tailed Hawk, Western Scrub-Jay, Varied Thrush

Misses (birds found at least 3 days in previous 2 weeks but not found
this week): Rufous Hummingbird, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Wilson's 
Warbler, Fox Sparrow


Wink Gross
Portland