CFO Art Sale Fundraiser ends December 12, 7 p.m.

[Diana Beatty]

Only a few more days remaining in our Virtual Art Gallery Sale! 

We have some beautiful pieces still up for grabs from the John Moore Art Collection.

Purchase something birdy for yourself or a friend and support research through CFO's Grants and Scholarships Program. 

Go to pbase.com/cobirds to see what is still available. Email art...@cobirds.org to purchase an item and arrange payment. 

Sale is closing this Saturday 12th December at 7pm!!

For those of you who have been following the discussion about Western Meadowlarks in winter, you might be interested in the Eastern Meadowlarks print!  Have you ever thought about the visual differences between the two?  Here are some things you can look for in the field aside from vocalizations:

 https://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/mlarkdiff.htm#:~:text=Visual%20differences%20are%20more%20subtle,This%20is%20an%20Eastern.

Looking for a framed piece?  Perhaps the Western Tanagers!  Did you know the Western Tanager is no longer placed in the Tanager family, but is now considered a member of the Cardinalidae?  Have a look at some of its closest relatives - many also found in Colorado - here:  https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/browse/taxonomy/Cardinalidae

Diana Beatty

CFO Board

[Diana Beatty]

A reader suggested that we remind COBIRDS about who John Moore is after reading about our art sale this week of art donated to us by him.  He is a recipient of a CFO 2020 Directors Award for his generation donation of bird-related art to CFO in June 2019.  He was featured in the Fall 2019 Colorado Birds.  The text is quoted below:

"In June of 2019, CFO received a donation of about 120 bird art prints from a Colorado friend, John Moore. The prints are magnificent, in great condition, and many are crafted by nationally known artists such as Guy Coheleach, Sallie Middleton, Don Eckleberry, and more. The birds portrayed in the collection include a range of US and international birds, including flycatchers, woodpeckers, raptors, and so much more.

 "In addition to the donation itself, we thought our members would like to learn more about the donator: John Moore. “John Moore is one of the three best naturalists I know of in Colorado….following in the footsteps of John Muir, John Burrows …Aldo Leopold, or Dick Beidleman. I think John ‘walks in the footsteps’ of these great American naturalists! Hike with John …up Monument Canyon in Colorado National Monument and you will be gently introduced to the flora AND the fauna which thrive all around you,” raves Chris Blakeslee. John Moore adds to the last point, “Especially when the group is too large and you can’t hear the leader.”

John Moore continues to lead a storied life. Born in the Chicago area, he became interested as a young boy “in birds and bees and everything else,” says John. His spark bird was a nesting Ovenbird, seen when sitting under the bushes at his grandfather’s house. He even spent his Saturday mornings at the Chicago Art Institute throughout his high school years. John Moore is comfortably settled into retirement but spent many years working prior to retirement. His education includes a degree in teaching science from UNC, followed by a master’s degree from Michigan State University. Prior to his 1960 draft into the US Army, he worked at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. John taught Biology at Wheat Ridge High School in Jefferson County, CO, including one special year teaching at the Mount Evans Outdoor Lab. “That was a fun year,” says John. "

Diana Beatty

CFO Board

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