This is a hummingbird banding and study workshop. Birders will get a chance to see up close the beauty of these flying jewels. We hope to see all four species. Additional bird feeders will provide viewing and photographic opportunities when the hummers take a break. The workshop concludes at 9:00 AM but participants may stay…

Become familiar with the more subtle and challenging aspects of identifying the four hummingbirds generally seen in Colorado, including the hard-to-identify female and immature of these species. In addition, we will explore the rare hummingbirds that also visit our state.

Rosemary Mosco will speak on how mixing humor, science, and art can contribute to bird conservation and help us understand the avian wonders in our neighborhood.

Enjoy a walk around the park looking at what birds are in the area. Open to all ages and abilities. Bring your binoculars if you have them. Loaner binoculars will be available. Bird walk will be led jointly by Colorado Field Ornithologists and Arkansas Valley Audubon Society.Meet at the end of the parking lot between…

Wish you could have attended to CFO convention in Pueblo? Now you can! You can now register to attend the afternoon paper session and the evening annual meeting/banquet speaker on Saturday May 21, VIA ZOOM! To register, visit our website, Cobirds.org. CFO members pay $10, nonmembers pay $20 to get the zoom link. This will…

Each year attendees experience a different part of Colorado and see new birds and habitats with field trips led by local experts. Pueblo and the surrounding area is an amazing location for Colorado birding. The access to a variety of habitats, leads to Pueblo County having the largest county bird list of any in the…

The Colorado Birding Challenge 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: This year’s challenge funds will primarily support sagebrush habitat restoration in the Gunnison Basin which hosts 87% of the world population of Gunnison…

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.