Bob, could you please post this for me, for some reason, I can’t post on cobirds:
I still have lesser goldfinches on my sunflower seed heads and at my thistle feeder. Brenda Beatty 5 miles west of Castle Rock On Saturday, October 13, 2012 10:05:25 PM UTC-6, birderbob wrote: > 10/13/12 While birding with Urling's Beginning Birding Class at Wheat > Ridge Greenbelt we encountered a mixed flock of goldfinches in the tall > willow trees at the southeast corner of Bass Lake (Bass is the smaller lake > east of the larger West Lake). I had set up my scope to allow the class > members view the birds and I focused in on a male Lesser Goldfinch. > Several of the class members took turns watching this particular bird > through the scope for a couple of minutes - I also rechecked the position > of the scope several times to make sure it was kept on the bird. I was > careful to point out the distinguishing features emphasizing the black back > and the yellow front of this species (as a rule we are not allowed to > identify the bird for them, they must make the i.d.) > > After the flock moved out of sight (to the west) in review for the class, > Urling talked about the American Goldfinches - and several of us revealed > that we had been watching a male Lesser. She advised me to post this on > COBirds saying that it was significant because it is so late in the > season to see a Lesser Goldfinch. > > Bob Santangelo > Wheat Ridge > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/cobirds/-/R4WUgLZLTXgJ. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
