CFO Conventions have occurred since 1963 and are located throughout the state.
![Linkins-Lake-Trail-Peter-Burke-1 Group photo of 12 birders on a green high alpine slope. All have binoculars around their necks.](https://cobirds.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Linkins-Lake-Trail-Peter-Burke-1-scaled.jpg)
![Lamar2024_logo Circular graphic with three Mississippi Kites, a Rock Wren, and a Northern Cardinal.](https://cobirds.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Lamar2024_logo-square-cbb167af268a7c41eb11a3a1a3006374-61ba73c7a423c.png)
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
![GroupBirding_riparian_Lamar24_DonMarsh Group photo of 11 birders looking out over still water in a plains riparian habitat. Many birders have their binoculars raised to their eyes.](https://cobirds.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GroupBirding_riparian_Lamar24_DonMarsh-scaled.jpg)
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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
2023 Summit County Wrap Up news article.
![CFO-2022-logo-conv CFO-2022-logo-conv](https://cobirds.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/CFO-2022-logo-conv-square-fd6e3d37fb2391eee2fa8c821c41d093-tlei342q7j8o.png)
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
![Swallows_Boulder_MikePatterson Swallows at Lagerman Reservoir, Boulder County. Photo by Mike Patterson.](https://cobirds.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Swallows_Boulder_MikePatterson-scaled-1-square-43edbf41ba8a050c8f1d467d7f670636-kmvr7wjq8ztb.jpg)
2020 & 2021
Conventions were not held in 2020 and 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
![2019 2019](https://cobirds.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/2019-square-4d4c615ae9b4b5a38e249fb92bf50e07-61ba74055ddb4.jpeg)
Montrose 2019
Dates: June 13-17
Venue: Holiday Inn Express & Suites
Keynote Address: Nathan Pieplow, Earbirding.com; Birding by Ear
![2018 2018](https://cobirds.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2018.jpeg)
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
![2017 2017](https://cobirds.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2017.jpeg)
Steamboat Springs 2017
Dates: June 1-5
Venue: Colorado Mountain College
Keynote Address: Sheri Williamson; Hummingbirds: Small Wonders
![2016 2016](https://cobirds.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2016.jpeg)
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
Lamar 2016 CFO Convention Wrap Up news article
![2015 2015](https://cobirds.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2015.jpeg)
Salida 2015
Dates: June 4-8
Venue: Gateway Inn & Suites
Keynote Address: Jeff Mitton, UC Boulder; A Naturalist's Interpretation of Interacting Species
![2014 2014](https://cobirds.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2014.jpeg)
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
![2013 2013](https://cobirds.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2013.jpeg)
Cortez 2013
Dates: May 16-19
Venue: Baymont Inn and Suites
Keynote Address: John Vanderpoel; Full Chase Mode: Highlights of a 2011 Big Year
![Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa The tall stately form and long needles (often over 15 cm long) at least three to a leaf fascicle distinguish west slope Ponderosa (var. ponderosa) from east slope Ponderosa.](https://cobirds.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2012.jpeg)
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
![CFO Logo Logo with Black-billed Magpie](https://cobirds.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CFO-Logo.jpg)
Grand Junction 2011
Dates: May 20-23
Venue: Doubletree Hotel
Keynote Address: Jeff Gordon, American Birding Association; Ten Birds That Changed Birding