Here is the summary of my morning dogwalks from NW Seblar Terrace to the Pittock Mansion for the week 10/16/14 to 10/22/14.  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

The sightings are also in eBird.

We did the walk 4 days this week.

Species                # days found  (peak #, date)

Cackling Goose              2  (40, 10/17)
COOPER’S HAWK               1  (1, 10/17)
Band-tailed Pigeon          1  (1, 10/16)
MOURNING DOVE               1  (1, 10/17)
Anna's Hummingbird          4  (3)
Red-breasted Sapsucker      2  (2, 10/17)
Downy Woodpecker            1  (1, 10/17)
Northern Flicker            4  (5)
Steller's Jay               4  (5)
American Crow               4  (10)
VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW        1  (5, 10/16)
Black-capped Chickadee      4  (15, 10/17)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee   3  (7)
Bushtit                     1  (15, 10/17)	
Red-breasted Nuthatch       3  (3)
Pacific Wren                2  (3, 10/17)
Bewick’s Wren               1  (2, 10/21)
Golden-crowned Kinglet      1  (3+, 10/17)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet        1  (3, 10/16)
HERMIT THRUSH               1  (1, 10/21)
American Robin              3  (9)
Varied Thrush               3  (6)
European Starling           3  (7)
Spotted Towhee              3  (5)
Song Sparrow                4  (7)
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW       1  (1, 10/17)
Dark-eyed Junco             4  (18, 10/16)
House Finch                 2  (1)
PINE SISKIN                 1  (5, 10/21)
Lesser Goldfinch            2  (4)
American Goldfinch          1  (1, 10/16)

In the neighborhood but not found on dogwalk: Turkey Vulture, Red-tailed Hawk, Great Horned Owl, Vaux’s Swift, COMMON RAVEN, BROWN CREEPER

Misses (birds found at least 3 days during previous 2 weeks [9/25-10/1 and 10/9-10/15] but not found this week: Red-breasted Sapsucker, Hutton’s Vireo, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Evening Grosbeak

Wink Gross
Portland