Bird observatory

A bird observatory is a centre for the study of bird migration and bird populations. They are usually focused on local birds, but may also include interest in far-flung areas. Most bird observatories are small operations with a limited staff, many volunteers and a not-for-profit educational status. Many bird observatories conduct bird ringing or bird banding (term in the United States).

Australia

• Barren Grounds Bird Observatory, New South Wales
• Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australia
• Eyre Bird Observatory, Western Australia
• Rotamah Island Bird Observatory, Victoria

Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom's first bird observatory was established in 1933 by Ronald Lockley in the Welsh island of Skokholm. This is a list of members of the Bird Observatories Council of Britain and Ireland.

• Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory, Bardsey Island
• Calf of Man Bird Observatory, Calf of Man
• Cape Clear Bird Observatory, Cape Clear
• Copeland Bird Observatory, Copeland
• Dungeness Bird Observatory, Dungeness
• Fair Isle Bird Observatory, Fair Isle
• Filey Bird Observatory, Filey
• Flamborough Bird Observatory, Flamborough Head
• Gibraltar Point Bird Observatory, Gibraltar Point
• Holme Bird Observatory, Holme next the Sea
• Isle of May Bird Observatory & Field Station, Isle of May
• Landguard Bird Observatory, Landguard
• North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory, North Ronaldsay
• Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre, Portland
• SBBOT Field Centre, Sandwich Bay
• Skokholm Bird Observatory, Skokholm
• Spurn Bird Observatory, Spurn
• Walney Bird Observatory, Walney Island

Canada

Observatories belonging to the Canadian Migration Monitoring Network:

• Holiday Beach Migration Observatory
• Rocky Point Bird Observatory
• Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory
• Mackenzie, British Columbia|Mackenzie Nature Observatory (www.MackenzieNatureObservatory.ca)
• Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory
• Beaverhill Bird Observatory
• Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
• Last Mountain Bird Observatory
• Delta Marsh Bird Observatory
• Thunder Cape Bird Observatory
• Whitefish Point Bird Observatory
• Long Point Bird Observatory
• Haldimand County, Ontario|Haldimand Bird Observatory
• Toronto Bird Observatory
• Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory
• Innis Point Bird Observatory
• Observatoire d'oiseaux de Tadoussac
• Point Lepreau
• Brier Island Bird Migration Research Station
• Atlantic Bird Observatory
• Gros Morne National Migration Monitoring Station
• Bruce Peninsula Bird Observatory
• St. Andrews Banding Station
• McGill Bird Observatory / Observatoire d'Oiseaux de McGill

Costa Rica

Costa Rica Bird Observatories

France

• Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux

Germany

• Heligoland Bird Observatory
• Rossitten Bird Observatory (the world's first, now in Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast)

Greece

• Antikythira Bird Observatory

Hungary

• Ócsa Bird Ringing Station

Israel

• Jerusalem Bird Observatory

Nepal

• Kosi Bird Observatory

Switzerland

• Sempach Bird Observatory

United States

• Alaska Bird Observatory, Alaska
• Biocore Prairie Bird Observatory, Wisconsin
• Black Swamp Bird Observatory, Ohio
• Braddock Bay Bird Observatory, New York
• Cape May Bird Observatory, New Jersey
• Cape Romain Bird Observatory, South Carolina
• Chipper Woods Bird Observatory, Indiana
• Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory, Virginia
• Derby Hill Bird Observatory, New York
• Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, California
• Great Basin Bird Observatory, Nevada
• Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, Texas
• Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Pennsylvania
• Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, Minnesota
• Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory, Texas
• Humboldt Bay Bird Observatory, California
• Intermountain Bird Observatory(formerly Idaho Bird Observatory), Idaho
• Klamath Bird Observatory, Oregon
• Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, Massachusetts
• Missouri River Bird Observatory, Missouri
• Norman Bird Sanctuary, Rhode Island
• Audubon Society of Rhode Island, Rhode Island
• Point Reyes Bird Observatory, California
• Powdermill Avian Research Center, Pennsylvania
• Rio Grande Valley Bird Observatory, Texas
• Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, Colorado
• Rouge River Bird Observatory, Michigan
• San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, California
• Sand Bluff Bird Observatory, Illinois
• Sandy Hook Bird Observatory, New Jersey
• Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory, Arizona
• The Institute for Bird Populations, California
• Whitefish Point Bird Observatory, Michigan

External links

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• Canadian Migration Monitoring Network
• The Bird Observatories Council of Britain and Ireland