The Colorado Birding Challenge (COBC) is a fun, county-based birding and conservation event held during the most exciting time of the birding year. The objectives of the Big Day event in 2022 are: To engage hundreds of birders in a fun day of finding and learning about Colorado’s birds. To raise funds for the conservation…

Spring Migration is already heating up! And with our Colorado Birding Challenge on Saturday, May 7th, and our annual Convention coming up May 19th – 22nd, we thought it would be a great time to have an eBird Best Practices workshop.
Sharpen your skills and add to a scientific repository used by thousands of researchers worldwide to understand birds and support their conservation.
This workshop is led by Christian Nunes, former VP of CFO and currently an Ecologist with the City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks Department.

Thanks to a generous anonymous donation, CFO is offering participants in the 2022 Colorado Birding Challenge an opportunity to view the Wuanita Hot Springs Gunnison Sage-Grouse lek April 22. If you haven’t registered for the challenge, you can learn about the challenge and register at Cobirds.org. Once registered for the challenge, you’re invited to apply for…

CFO and DFO invite you to join our Wild Gull Chase in search of a rare Slaty-backed Gull that has been seen off and on in Larimer County since Sunday, March 26, 2022.

Birding is an activity that can bring so much joy and empowerment to everybody, but not everybody is able to go birding easily. Birdability is a brand new non-profit, based in the US but with a global reach. Through education, outreach and advocacy, Birdability works to ensure the birding community and the outdoors are welcoming,…

Lobbying for bird-friendly legislation is one of the most impactful ways to help birds and the environment, but it can seem daunting. During Getting Green Laws, a free webinar co-hosted by Denver Audubon and Colorado Field Ornithologists, a professional lobbyist and Audubon policy staff will walk you through strategies for influencing your representatives on policies affecting birds.