Subject: Pittock, NW Portland, week ending 10/17/12

Here is the summary of my morning dogwalks from NW Seblar Terrace
to the Pittock Mansion for the week 10/11/12 to 10/17/12.
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. 

Species                # days found  (peak #, date)

CACKLING GOOSE              3  (450+, 10/16)
Cooper's Hawk               1  (1, 10/12)
Band-tailed Pigeon          1  (1, 10/15)
Anna's Hummingbird          3  (3, 10/16)
Red-breasted Sapsucker      1  (1, 10/16)
Downy Woodpecker            2  (2, 10/11)
Hairy Woodpecker            2  (1, 10/12 & 16)
Northern Flicker            4  (4)
Hutton's Vireo              1  (1, 10/15)
Steller's Jay               3  (4)
Western Scrub-Jay           1  (1, 10/12)
American Crow               4  (6)
Black-capped Chickadee      4  (12)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee   4  (5)
Bushtit                     2  (45, 10/15)					
Red-breasted Nuthatch       4  (5, 10/16)
Brown Creeper               1  (1, 10/15)
Pacific Wren                3  (4, 10/11)
Golden-crowned Kinglet      4  (5)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet        4  (7, 10/11)
TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE        1  (1, 10/11)
Hermit Thrush               2  (2, 10/11)
American Robin              4  (5)
Varied Thrush               4  (9, 10/11)
European Starling           1  (1, 10/15)
Townsend's Warbler          3  (2)
Spotted Towhee              4  (7)
Fox Sparrow                 3  (3)
Song Sparrow                4  (15)
Golden-crowned Sparrow      1  (1, 10/11)
Dark-eyed Junco             3  (14, 10/16)
House Finch                 2  (9, 10/16)
Pine Siskin                 1  (5, 10/16)
Lesser Goldfinch            2  (3, 10/16)
American Goldfinch          1  (2, 10/12)
Evening Grosbeak            2  (45, 10/12)

Misses (birds found at least 3 days in previous 2 weeks but not found
this week): Pileated Woodpecker, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Purple Finch


Wink Gross
Portland