I had two (western) Lesser Goldfinches on my feeder this morning, and they've been around consistently of late.
Brad Biggerstaff Fort Collins On Oct 20, 2012 8:48 AM, "birderbob" <birder...@comcast.net> wrote: > 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 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/-/R4WUgLZLTXgJ. > 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.
