CFO Conventions have occurred since 1963 and are located throughout the state.
Lamar 2024
Dates: May 2-5, 2024
Venue: Historic Cow Palace
Keynote Address: Dallas May, May Ranch & Johnathan Reitz, CPW; Ranch Management while Maintaining a Sense of Balance and Harmony with Nature
eBird Trip Report: 215 species, 173 checklists
Summit County 2023 -
Joint WFO-CFO Convention
WDates: July 19-23, 2023
Venue: Copper Mountain Ski Resort
Keynote Address: Jessie Barry, Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Merlin- Sharing the Magic of Birds with the World
Plenary Address: Chris, Wood, Cornell Lab of Ornithology; eBird Science to Conservation Action
eBird Trip Report: 176 species, 144 checklists
2023 Summit County Wrap Up news article.
Pueblo 2022
Dates: May 19-23, 2022
Venue: Hampton Inn & Suites - North
Keynote Address: Michael Parr, American Bird Conservancy President; Bird Conservation Across the Americas
eBird Trip Report: 243 species, 179 checklists
2020 & 2021
Conventions were not held in 2020 and 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Montrose 2019
Dates: June 13-17
Venue: Holiday Inn Express & Suites
Keynote Address: Nathan Pieplow, Earbirding.com; Birding by Ear
eBird Trip Report: 178 species, 205 checklists
Longmont 2018
Dates: May 17-20
Venue: Best Western Plaza Hotel
Keynote Address: Scott Taylor, UC Boulder; Evolutionary Biology in Birds - Black-capped Chickadee Research
eBird Trip Report: 230 species, 173 checklists
Steamboat Springs 2017
Dates: June 1-5
Venue: Colorado Mountain College
Keynote Address: Sheri Williamson; Hummingbirds: Small Wonders
eBird Trip Report: 119 species, 20 checklists
Lamar 2016
Dates: May 5-9
Venue: Rodeway Inn - Cow Palace
Keynote Address: Garth Spellman, Denver Museum of Nature & Science; The Past, Present, and Future of Ornithology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
eBird Trip Report: 141 species, 18 checklists
Lamar 2016 CFO Convention Wrap Up news article
Salida 2015
Dates: June 4-8
Venue: Gateway Inn & Suites
Keynote Address: Jeff Mitton, UC Boulder; A Naturalist's Interpretation of Interacting Species
eBird Trip Report: 121 species, 18 checklists
Sterling 2014
Dates: Aug 28 - Sep 1
Venue: Ramada Inn
Keynote Address: Jon L. Dunn, Shorebirds in Colorado: When to Expect Them, & What to Look For
Cortez 2013
Dates: May 16-19
Venue: Baymont Inn and Suites
Keynote Address: John Vanderpoel; Full Chase Mode: Highlights of a 2011 Big Year
Trinidad 2012
Dates: May 17-20
Venue: A. R. Mitchell Museum & Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites
Keynote Address: Brian D. Linkhart, Colorado College; Shedding Light on Climate Change Effects and Migration Patterns in Flammulated Owls
Grand Junction 2011
Dates: May 20-23
Venue: Doubletree Hotel
Keynote Address: Jeff Gordon, American Birding Association; Ten Birds That Changed Birding