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
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