Denver Field Ornithologists
Our mission is to promote interest in the study and preservation of birds and their habitats. Members are encouraged (through meeting presentations and field trips) to learn about birds in the field, noting species and numbers, while familiarizing themselves with their songs and calls, as well as habits and habitats.
Special
Invitation to the Big Reveal
DFO members are invited to claim a seat for a long-awaited science event and announcement. The Black Swift has been the last North American bird with an unknown winter destination. After years of research – and some luck – that secret has been unlocked by three Colorado scientists. It will be revealed on March 2 by Jason Beason, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory special monitoring projects coordinator who is one of those scientists. He will disclose the species’ surprising winter destination and tell the often-amazing story of how it was discovered.
Seating is limited so we are letting you know about this free event before it is publicized more broadly. Please RSVP at 970-482-1707 ext. 32 or francyne.debauge@rmbo.org as soon as possible. Reservations will be taken until Feb. 27 or until the event is full.
This “Black Swift Big Reveal” will be in the Summit West Room at the Colorado Community Church, 3651 South Colorado Blvd., Denver, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on March 2. Refreshments will be served.
Our club was formed in 1935. The Lark Bunting, our monthly newsletter has been in existence since 1965, publishes the scheduled field trips for the upcoming months (about a hundred each year), and lists the sightings from previous months, along with notices and announcements of interest to our readers. Membership and donations to our club provide the funding source for our services. Membership is open to anyone interested in birds of the Denver area in particular, and the birds of Colorado in general.
Membership ranges from $20 to $30 per year depending on whether you choose to have the Lark Bunting emailed to you or sent via first class mail. Student (age 18 or younger) membership is $5 per year. A membership application form is in the Lark Bunting or it can be downloaded from this site.
We hold regular monthly meetings on the 4th Monday of the month, except May, June, July and December, Museum of Nature and Science in the Ricketson Auditorium. Our presentations feature leading birders in the area, who cover a variety of timely and wide-ranging topics tailored to all levels of expertise. Dates and topics of the meetings are on the Colorado Rare Bird Alert 303.659.8750, this web site and in the Lark Bunting newsletter. Park on the north side of museum and walk around to the west door between 7 and 7:30pm. If late, (although lateness creates a problem for our hosts) enter through security/volunteer door.
