Bird observatory

Information boards at Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australia

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).

List of bird observatories

Australia

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

Brazil

• Mantiqueira Bird Observatory (Observatório de Aves da Mantiqueira)

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.

• Alderney Bird Observatory, Alderney
• 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
• Hilbre Bird Observatory, Hilbre Islands
• 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

Colombia

• Chocó Bird Observatory

Costa Rica

• Costa Rica Bird Observatories

Czech Republic

• Červenohorské sedlo in Hrubý Jeseník

Estonia

• Kabli Bird Observatory
• Vaibla Bird Observatory

France

• Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux

Germany

• Randecker Maar Observatory for Bird and Insect Migration, Swabian Jura, Baden-Württemberg
• 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

Jordan

• Aqaba Bird Observatory

México

• Yucatán Bird Observatory

Nepal

• Kosi Bird Observatory

Peru

• Manu Bird Observatory

Sweden

• Falsterbo Bird Observatory
• Ottenby Bird Observatory

Switzerland

• Swiss Ornithological Institute

United States

• Alaska Bird Observatory, Alaska
• Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, Colorado
• Berkshire Bird Observatory, Massachusetts
• Biocore Prairie Bird Observatory, Wisconsin
• Black Swamp Bird Observatory, Ohio
• Braddock Bay Bird Observatory, New York
• Cape Fear Bird Observatory, North Carolina
• 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
• 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

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