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Call for volunteers. Colorado now has 20 “vacant” Breeding Bird Survey routes that need skilled volunteer observers who can commit to adopting a route for at least three years.

Colorado Birds , CFO’s quarterly journal, welcomes Isabelle Busch to its covey of columnists. Her column, Avian Origins, will explore the evolution of modern birds in a multi-year series.

One of Colorado’s only endemic breeding birds, the Brown-capped Rosy-Finch , is under increasing stress due to a number of factors that we still don’t fully understand, including habitat loss, climate change, and the decline of alpine habitats. Very little is known about the locations and survival strategies of these birds, which migrate down from high elevations to feed on sparse food sources throughout the state during the winter. The Rosy-Finch Winter Project is a new citizen science initiative asking community members, feeders, birders, researchers, and others to help close these gaps. Researchers and conservationists can better understand the species’ winter ecology, identify threats to important feeding areas, and guarantee that these habitats are preserved by using a quick-and-easy online survey to report winter feeding locations and rosy-finch sightings.

Kirstin R. Chapman and Jennifer S. Redmond, CFO members and grantees of the CFO grant program, recently had their paper published in The Journal of Raptor Research , documenting the first known observation in Colorado of a second clutch laid by a confirmed mated pair of American Kestrels, following a successful first brood. The press release announcing this research is below:

The Anhinga discovered June 2 on a pond near Boulder Creek has quickly become a Colorado celebrity, attracting hundreds of birders and passersby in the weeks since she appeared. Local news media spread the word further, with coverage in the Denver Post and on Channel 9 News on June 12.

CFO recognizes persons of character who have gained the respect of birders in their community through decades of service to birders and birding with the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2025, CFO recognized the Nic Korte with this award. The award was accepted by Nic during the CFO annual meeting held during the 2025 Convention in Grand Junction.

You can adopt survey route to help Colorado continue to have good coverage for this important and longest running continent-wide breeding bird monitoring program!