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AWARD RECIPIENTS
Ron Ryder Awards
2012 - Dr. Brian Linkhart
2011 - Larry Semo
2010 - Alexander Cruz
2009 - Dave Leatherman
2008 - Tony Leukering
2005 - Rich Levad
2004 - Richard Beidleman
2003 - Stephen Martin
2000 - Bob Righter
1999 - Hugh Kingery
1998 - Harold Holt
1995 - Ron Ryder (for whom the award was subsequently named)
Lifetime Achievment Awards
2012 - Lynn Willcockson
2011 - Suzi Plooster
2009 - Warren Finch
2008 - Bob Spencer
2007 - Joe Himmel
Directors Awards
2010 - Peter Gent – Special Achievement Award
2009 - Raymond Davis – Distinguished Service Award
2005 - Sue Hirshman – Stewardship Award (Black Swifts)
2004 - Jerry Craig – Appreciation for Work with Raptors
LANDOWNER AWARDS
Landowner Appreciation Awards
2012 - Rebecca Campbell (Pine Warbler, Denver)
2011 - David Madonna (Annual tours of Valmont Reservoir, Boulder)
2010 - Prairie Vista Meadows HOA (Snowy Owl, Peyton)
2008 - Connie Kogler (Streak-backed Oriole, Loveland)
2007 - Sheldon Zwicker (Hooded Oriole, Cortez)
2007 - Larry Arnold (Lawrence's Goldfinch, Grand Junction)
2006 - Fawnbrook Inn (winter feeder, Rosy-FInches, etc. in Allenspark)
2005 - Susan Allerton (White-eared Hummingbird, Durango)
2005 - Claudette Tuxhorn (Costa's Hummingbird, Clifton)
2005 - Victor and Suellyn (Anna's Hummingbird, Grand Junction)
2004 - Tina Jones (hummingbird feeders in Bow-Mar, Denver)
2003 - Bob and Pauline Meyers (Broad-billed Hummingbird, Grand Junction)
2003 - Cyndi Mosch (Purple Gallinule, Loveland)
2001 - Chico Basin Ranch (hospitality during CFO convention)
2001 - Terri D. Steinberg (Harlequin Duck, Durango)
2000 - Matt Snook and Anne Dittmar, Horseshoe Lake HOA (Slaty-backed Gull, Fort Collins, Inaugural Landowner Appreciation Award)
CFO AWARDS
The Ronald A. Ryder Award for Distinguished Service to Colorado Field Ornithology
Selection Criteria
- For distinguished service to the Colorado Field Ornithologists' organization and its goals.
- For scholarly contributions to the Colorado Field Ornithologists and to Colorado field ornithology.
- For sharing knowledge of Colorado field ornithology with the people of the state of Colorado.
Nomination & Selection Process
- Only living persons may be nominated.
- Nominations may be made by the membership at large.
- The Board selects and approves an awardee for announcement at the Annual Colorado Field Ornithologists' Convention during the year a recipient is chosen.
- The Award will be a plaque designed to match the original plaque given to Dr. Ryder.
- Nominations should be submitted in writing to the Award Committee Chairperson on or before January 15 to be considered by the Colorado Field Ornithologists' Board of Directors.
Special Awards
CFO members fund the "Special Awards" program entirely with voluntary contributions. Plaques of appreciation are given to businesses, landowners and other individuals who allow access to private property in order to view rare or unusual birds.
» Submit nominations to the CFO Awards Committee Chair.