News from CFO board of directors

[Nicholas Komar]

Dear Colorado Field Ornithologists members,

The CFO board of directors held its quarterly meeting last week. Some developments of general interest to Cobirds readers include:

1. Regretfully, the 2021 CFO Convention will be postponed for the second year in a row due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We expect to hold it in Pueblo in May 2022.
2. We will hold the inaugural Colorado Birding Challenge on May 8, 2021. This County-based Birdathon provides an opportunity for all CFO members to participate in conserving Colorado’s beleaguered grassland bird species! Registration is FREE for CFO members!
3. Our next quarterly Speaker Event will be Sunday March 28 featuring Arvind Panjabi, speaking on efforts to conserve of Colorado’s grassland birds during nesting and also wintering in northern Mexico. 
4. We announce a new on-line Birding Skills Workshop Series. Our first workshop is tonight and you can register here.  Eric Hynes will present “Demystifying Winter Raptors” at 7 pm. On February 28, Nick Komar will present “Gulls of Colorado”. On March 28, Ted Floyd will present “eBird for Beginners”. Visit the CFO website to register for these FREE monthly Zoom workshops.
5. Would you like to be more involved with Colorado Field Ornithologists? We are seeking volunteers to serve on one or more of our Committees as well as additions to our Board of Directors. Request an application from volun...@cobirds.org. We are particularly in need of expertise in website development and web applications in general. 
6. If you are not yet a member of CFO, please consider joining today!

Nick Komar
CFO President

Fort Collins CO