[obol] Pittock, NW Portland, week ending 10/15/2014

  • From: Wink Gross <winkg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 22:08:01 -0700

Here is the summary of my morning dogwalks from NW Seblar Terrace to the 
Pittock Mansion for the week 10/09/14 to 10/15/14.  Species neither seen nor 
heard the previous week (9/25 to 10/1) 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 5 days this week.

Species                # days found  (peak #, date)

Cackling Goose              2  (20+, 10/13)
NORTHERN PINTAIL            1  (40, 10/15)
Band-tailed Pigeon          2  (2, 10/10 & 13)
Anna's Hummingbird          4  (1)
Red-breasted Sapsucker      2  (1, 10/10 & 11)
Downy Woodpecker            2  (2, 10/14 & 15)
Northern Flicker            4  (3)
Hutton’s Vireo              2  (1, 10/10 & 14)
Steller's Jay               4  (5)
Western Scrub-Jay           2  (2, 10/10 & 13)
American Crow               5  (9)
Black-capped Chickadee      5  (14)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee   4  (10)
Bushtit                     1  (?[heard only], 10/13)   
Red-breasted Nuthatch       5  (5)
Pacific Wren                3  (2)
Bewick’s Wren               2  (1, 10/10 & 13)
Golden-crowned Kinglet      2  (2, 10/10)
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET        1  (3, 10/10)
American Robin              3  (13)
Varied Thrush               5  (6)
European Starling           3  (8)
Townsend’s Warbler          1  (3, 10/10)
Spotted Towhee              4  (7)
Fox Sparrow                 1  (1, 10/10) 
Song Sparrow                5  (10)
Dark-eyed Junco             5  (15)
House Finch                 2  (2, 10/10 & 13)
Lesser Goldfinch            4  (11, 10/13)
American Goldfinch          2  (12, 10/13)

In the neighborhood but not found on dogwalk: Turkey Vulture, Red-tailed Hawk, 
Western Screech-Owl, Great Horned Owl, Vaux’s Swift, Pileated Woodpecker, Cedar 
Waxwing

Misses (birds found at least 3 days during previous 2 weeks [9/18 - 10/1] but 
not found this week: Brown Creeper, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Evening Grosbeak

Wink Gross
Portland


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