title: Bird observatory
text: # 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
  
  ## 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
  * 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
  * 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
  