Bob and all,
I still have several Lesser Goldfinches (LEGO) at my thistle feeders at the N base of N Table Mt. When I took to heart the post on NEBirds about rancid thistle seed and NO goldfinches and started using fresh seed on 6/26/12, I have had my usual dozen or two LEGO and a few AMGO at each of my two thistle feeders all summer. The past couple weeks when the cold fronts go through it ramps up to a couple dozen fighting over a place at the feeders. Now I have 6 or 8 LEGO on the feeders every day including at least 1 green-backed male. A week ago I still had fluttering-winged juvs begging at the feeders. All summer I had 2 black-backed males on the feeders at the same time. I have had a couple black-backed males every summer; see bottom of page at http://www.kayniyo.com/birds_finch.htm. Now the annual dilemma is how to feed safflower or black oil to other birds without getting the neighboring horse stable flocks of pigeons on the ground too! And my fem flicker was calling from my patio roof on the Wed saying "where is my winter suet cake?" Shades of Bob Spencer's recent posts! Kay Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D. Niyo Scientific Communications Kay Niyo Photography <mailto:k...@kayniyo.com> k...@kayniyo.com <http://www.KayNiyo.com> www.KayNiyo.com ______________________________ 5651 Garnet Street Golden, CO 80403 Phone: (303) 679-6646 Fax: (866) 849-8013 From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of birderbob Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 10:05 PM To: cobirds@googlegroups.com Subject: [cobirds] Late Lesser Goldfinch Jefferson County 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 cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
