The Hilton DoubleTree Grand Junction

CFO has arranged for a hotel block at the DoubleTree for the duration of the convention. To get the special rate, you must book using the link below.

The special rate applies to Queen (2 beds) and King (1 bed) rooms and is for Thursday, June 5 - Jun 8, 2025. You can change your reservation dates if you want to stay more or fewer nights (top of page once you click on Book a Room), however, the discounted rate only applies to the nights in the CFO block.

Parking Information: To be added.

Hotel Cancelation Policy

Exact details are listed on your reservation confirmation email. If you book through the CFO block, free cancellation before 11:59 PM local hotel time on June 4, 2025.  If you make other arrangements, the cancellation policy may change.

Additional Information From Hotel

• Check-in time: 3:00 p.m.
• Check-out time: 12:00 p.m.
• Breathe easy -- smoke-free hotel
• Free wifi
• Free airport shuttle
• Mini fridge in all rooms booked through the CFO room block.
• Free parking for all individuals in rooms booked through the CFO room block.

Make Your Reservation

Camping

There are camping options in or near Grand Junction. Most require reservations.

• There are many RV and private campgrounds in and around Grand Junction.
• James M. Robb State Park - Fruita and Island Acres locations.

Note that recent changes to SWA regulations and dispersed camping regulations may impact local areas. If you are looking for dispersed camping options, get information from the land managing agency. Don't just go based on someone's blog post!

Order your exclusive convention shirt or a CFO hat with your registration! The convention art featured on the shirts is the work of TJ Smith (Stray Wild) and portrays a Colorado landscape and Scott's Oriole, a species that can be found around Grand Junction.

All shirts must be purchased when you register. Prices and colors to be added.

Breakfasts

Grab & Go breakfasts will be available to pick up each morning in the lobby. All breakfasts must be ordered when you register. Coffee and tea service will be available each morning.

Breakfast Bag Details - To Be Added

Lunches

Participants on all-day field trips will need to bring a lunch. Participants on half-day field trips may still wish to pack a lunch so that they can get to the start of the Science Session. Boxed lunches will be available to pick up each morning. All lunches must be ordered when you register.

Lunch Bag Details - To Be Added

All participants in the CFO 2025 convention are expected to:

• Abide by the CFO Code of Conduct
• Comply with the directions of the event leaders

Participants on 2025 Convention field trips are expected to:

• Stay with the group.
• Notify the trip leader and the driver of the vehicle in which you are riding, if carpooling, of any plans to leave the group.
• Make sure all carpool participants are in the vehicle when you leave any destination.
• Not undertake any endeavor that would endanger you health, or the health of others, as you know it.
• Observe all applicable rules of conduct, policy, regulation and law, whether on public or private lands.
• Adhere to the American Birding Association Code of Birding Ethics.

Safety Terms and Conditions

Staying Home When Appropriate

• Attendees should stay home if they have tested positive for COVID or are showing symptoms of COVID
• Monitor your health if you have had close contact with a person who had symptoms within the last 14 days

Hand Hygiene and Respiratory Etiquette

• Frequent hand washing for 20 seconds to ensure safety. Please cover your face when coughing or sneezing

Masks

• Wearing a mask during Convention events is not mandatory
• Masks are meant to protect other people in case the wearer is unknowingly infected and has no symptoms. Please be cognizant of the health and safety concerns of others with whom you are participating in a shared event.

Non-smoking policy

Smoking is not permitted at any time or any place during the 2025 Convention, including field trips.

Pet Policy

No pets (other than service animals) are allowed during convention events, including field trips, workshops, socials, banquet, and science session.

Cancellation Refund Policy

CFO must receive written notification of registration cancellation on or by May 15th to receive a full refund. Deadlines for partial refunds for registration cancellation or modifications are May 20th (80% of total order) and May 25th (50% of total order).

Science Session

Come learn about what is happening with our local birds from avian researchers working across Colorado. The scientific session will be held on Saturday afternoon.  All convention registrants are welcome to attend.

Presentation Guidelines

Oral presentations should reflect original research or summarize existing unpublished information and should be presented in a manner that will interest both serious amateur and professional field ornithologists. All researchers, including students, are encouraged to present.

Talks relating to the following themes are solicited:

• Status, distribution, migration, and population dynamics of birds
• Systematics and biogeography of birds
• Ecology, behavior, and evolution of birds
• New information on avian field identification problems
• Science-based conservation and management of birds
• Techniques for field study of birds, including censusing, monitoring, and other methods; and results of studies applying such techniques.

All talks should identify study objectives, describe methods and data analysis, present results, discuss the significance of the research, and propose future research directions. Oral presentations will be allotted 15 minutes, including 3 minutes for questions and discussion.

Abstract Submission

The deadline is 31 March 2025.

We invite abstracts for presentations to be given during the scientific session on Saturday, June 7th from 1-4:30 pm.

Abstracts should be 200-250 words and include a title, name of presenter(s), affiliation, email address, and a picture if possible. Presentation abstract submissions must be received by March 31, 2025 for consideration at grants@cobirds.org .

The Convention Banquet and Annual Meeting is a ticketed event – be sure to purchase your ticket, and choose your main course, when you complete your registration. There will be a no-host bar before and during the banquet.

Menu details to be added.

All attendees will get a packet that includes a personalized schedule with the activities they signed up for, a name badge, and other items related to the convention. These packets can be picked up at the Welcome Picnic or in the hotel lobby at the info table.

The convention programs will be digital-only in 2025. Please download your program and bring it on a digital device or print it out before the convention. The convention packet will be available on this website approximately 1 month before the convention starts.