A bird observatory is a centre for the study of

bird migration Bird migration is a seasonal movement of birds between breeding and wintering grounds that occurs twice a year. It is typically from north to south or from south to north. Animal migration, Migration is inherently risky, due to predation and ...

and

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...

population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...

s. 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 Bird ringing (UK) or bird banding (US) is the attachment of a small, individually numbered metal or plastic tag to the leg or wing of a wild bird to enable individual identification. This helps in keeping track of the movements of the bird an ...

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 Eyre Bird Observatory is an educational, scientific and recreational facility in the Nuytsland Nature Reserve, Western Australia. Cocklebiddy, Western Australia, Cocklebiddy is the nearest locality on the Eyre Highway, to the north. It is in ...

, Western Australia * Rotamah Island Bird Observatory, Victoria

Brazil

* Mantiqueira Bird Observator
(Observatório de Aves da Mantiqueira)

Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom's first bird observatory was established in 1933 by

Ronald Lockley Ronald Mathias Lockley (8 November 1903 – 12 April 2000) was a Welsh ornithologist and naturalist. He wrote over fifty books on natural history, including a study of shearwaters, and the book ''The Private Life of the Rabbit'', which was used ...

in the Welsh island of

Skokholm Skokholm () or Skokholm Island is an island off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales, south of the neighbouring island of Skomer. The surrounding waters are a marine reserve and all are part of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Both island ...

. This is a list of members of the Bird Observatories Council of Britain and Ireland. *Alderney Bird Observatory,

Alderney Alderney ( ; ; ) is the northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependencies, Crown dependency. It is long and wide. The island's area is , making it the third-largest isla ...

* Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory, Bardsey Island *Calf of Man Bird Observatory,

Calf of Man Calf of Man ( ) is a island, off the southwest coast of the Isle of Man. It is separated from the Isle of Man by a narrow stretch of water called the Calf Sound. Like the nearby rocky islets of Chicken Rock and Kitterland, it is part of th ...

*Cape Clear Bird Observatory, Cape Clear *Copeland Bird Observatory, Copeland *Dungeness Bird Observatory,

Dungeness Dungeness (, ) is a headland on the coast of Kent, England, formed largely of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland. It shelters a large area of low-lying land, Romney Marsh. Dungeness spans Dungeness Nuclear Power Station, the ham ...

*Fair Isle Bird Observatory, Fair Isle *Filey Bird Observatory,

Filey Filey () is a seaside town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is located between Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Scarborough and Bridlington on Filey Bay. Although it was a fishing village, it has a large ...

*Flamborough Bird Observatory,

Flamborough Head Flamborough Head () is a promontory, long on the Yorkshire coast of England, between the Filey and Bridlington bays of the North Sea. It is a chalk headland, with sheer white cliffs. The cliff top has two standing lighthouse towers, the olde ...

*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 An isle is an island, land surrounded by water. The term is very common in British English. However, there is no clear agreement on what makes an island an isle or its difference, so they are considered synonyms. Isle may refer to: Geography * Is ...

*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,

*Spurn Bird Observatory, Spurn * Walney Bird Observatory,

Walney Island Walney Island, also known as the Isle of Walney, is an island off the west coast of England, at the western end of Morecambe Bay in the Irish Sea. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it is part of Barrow-in-Furness, sepa ...

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 The Swabian Jura ( , more rarely ), sometimes also named Swabian Alps in English, is a mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending from southwest to northeast and in width. It is named after the region of Swabia. It is part of th ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

* Heligoland Bird Observatory * Rossitten Bird Observatory (the world's first, now in

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Oblast () is the westernmost federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of the Russian Federation. It is a Enclave and exclave, semi-exclave on the Baltic Sea within the Baltic region of Prussia (region), Prussia, surrounded by Pola ...

)

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 Hawk Mountain Sanctuary is a wild bird sanctuary in Albany Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Albany Township and East Brunswick Township, Pennsylvania, East Brunswick Township, located along the Appalachian flyway in eastern Pennsylvania. T ...

, 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

References

External links

Canadian Migration Monitoring Network

The Bird Observatories Council of Britain and Ireland

Neotropical Bird Observatory Network
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