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.

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
• Calf of Man (Isle of Man)
• Cape Clear (Ireland)
• Copeland
• Dungeness
• Fair Isle
• Filey
• Flamborough
• Gibraltar Point
• Holme
• Isle of May
• Landguard
• North Ronaldsay
• Portland
• Sandwich Bay
• Skomer/Skokholm
• Spurn
• Walney

Canada

Observatories belonging to the Canadian Migration Monitoring Network

• Rocky Point Bird Observatory
• Vaseaux Lake Migration Monitoring Station
• Mackenzie, British Columbia|Mackenzie Nature Observatory
• 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'oiseuz 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

Germany

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

Greece

• Antikythira Bird Observatory

Israel

• Jerusalem 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
• Idaho Bird Observatory, Idaho
• Klamath Bird Observatory, Oregon
• Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, Massachusetts
• 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

See also

• U.S. Bird Observatories

External links

• Alaska Bird Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska USA
• Rouge River Bird Observatory, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
• Bird Studies Canada
• The Bird Observatories Council of Britain and Ireland
• Great Basin Bird Observatory, Nevada, USA
• Klamath Bird Observatory, Ashland, Oregon, USA
• Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Point Reyes, Marin County, California, USA
• San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, Alviso, California, USA
• Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory, Bisbee, Arizona, USA
• The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, California, USA
• Anthikythira Bird Observatory, Greece