I still have lots of Lessers at my thistle feeder. On a sad note, sometime during the windstorm last week, I lost a very large branch from my Willow tree. Upon cleaning up the debris, we discovered a dead Goldfinch under the branch. I don't know if it happened at night, or the following windy day.
Nicolle Martin Littleton, CO On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 10:05 PM, birderbob <[email protected]> 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/-/qjRjS724oZsJ. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- 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]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
