Here is the summary of my morning dogwalks from NW Seblar Terrace
to the Pittock Mansion for the week 09/20/12 to 09/26/12.
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 4 days this week. 

Tomorrow, Thursday, Sept 27, Lillian (the dog) and I will be leading
the fourth of six weekly Pittock Fall Migration walks.  Meet at
7AM at the Pittock Mansion parking lot.  (NOTE: the walks in October
will start at 7:30AM!)  The walk will last about 2 hours, but you're 
free to leave whenever you need to.  Walk is free and no registration 
required.

Species                # days found  (peak #, date)

Band-tailed Pigeon          3  (12, 9/26)
Vaux's Swift                2  (60, 9/24)
Anna's Hummingbird          4  (6, 9/24)
Red-breasted Sapsucker      1  (1, 9/24)
Downy Woodpecker            3  (3)
Hairy Woodpecker            1  (1, 9/24)
Northern Flicker            4  (5)
Pileated Woodpecker         2  (1, 9/20 & 25)
Western Wood-Pewee          1  (2, 9/24)
Hutton's Vireo              3  (1)
Steller's Jay               4  (4)
Western Scrub-Jay           1  (2, 9/26)
American Crow               4  (5)
Black-capped Chickadee      4  (17)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee   4  (10)
Bushtit                     1  (?[heard only], 9/20)					
Red-breasted Nuthatch       4  (9, 9/25)
Brown Creeper               2  (2, 9/24 & 25)
Bewick's Wren               2  (2, 9/25)
Pacific Wren                4  (3)
Golden-crowned Kinglet      3  (4)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet        2  (1, 9/20 & 24)
Swainson's Thrush           3  (3, 9/24)
Hermit Thrush               1  (1, 9/20)
American Robin              4  (25, 9/24)
Varied Thrush               3  (9)
European Starling           2  (3, 9/24)				
Black-throated Gray Warbler 3  (2)
Townsend's Warbler          2  (6, 9/25)
Hermit Warbler              1  (1, 9/24)
Spotted Towhee              4  (6)
Fox Sparrow                 2  (3, 9/24)
Song Sparrow                4  (13)
Golden-crowned Sparrow      1  (4, 9/24)
Dark-eyed Junco             4  (9)
House Finch                 3  (9)
Pine Siskin                 1  (?[heard only], 9/24)
American Goldfinch          3  (5)
Evening Grosbeak            2  (25+, 9/25)

In the neighborhood but not found on dogwalk: GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GOOSE, Turkey Vulture, Western Screech-Owl

Misses (birds found at least 3 days in previous 2 weeks but not found
this week): Rufous Hummingbird, Empidonax sp., Warbling Vireo, Cedar
Waxwing, Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Wilson's Warbler,
Western Tanager, Lesser Goldfinch

Sic transit gloria aestatis.

Wink Gross
Portland