Ornithological station
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).
Australia
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.[1]
Alderney Bird Observatory, Alderney [2] Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory , Bardsey IslandCalf 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
Costa Rica Costa Rica Bird Observatories
Czech Republic
Estonia Kabli Bird Observatory Vaibla Bird Observatory
France Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux
Germany
Greece
Hungary Ócsa Bird Ringing Station
Israel
Jordan
México
Nepal
Peru
Sweden Falsterbo Bird Observatory[4] Ottenby Bird Observatory[5]
Switzerland
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 JerseyCape 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 , CaliforniaGreat Basin Bird Observatory , NevadaGulf Coast Bird Observatory, Texas Hawk Mountain Sanctuary , PennsylvaniaHawk Ridge Bird Observatory , MinnesotaHornsby 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 , MassachusettsMissouri River Bird Observatory, Missouri Norman Bird Sanctuary , Rhode IslandAudubon Society of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Point Reyes Bird Observatory , CaliforniaPowdermill Avian Research Center, Pennsylvania Rio Grande Valley Bird Observatory, Texas Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory , ColoradoRouge 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 , ArizonaThe Institute for Bird Populations , CaliforniaWhitefish Point Bird Observatory , Michigan
References ^ "About". Bird Observatories Council . Retrieved 13 May 2020 . ^ "Alderney becomes Britain's 20th Bird Observatory". Birds on the edge . Retrieved 13 April 2020 . ^ "Manu Bird Observatory". Manu Birding Fest . Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 30 Oct 2020 . ^ "Falsterbo Bird Observatory". Falsterbo Bird Show . Retrieved 13 May 2020 . ^ "Ottenby Bird Observatory". Ottenby Bird Observatory . Retrieved 14 February 2021 .
External links Canadian Migration Monitoring Network The Bird Observatories Council of Britain and Ireland Neotropical Bird Observatory Network