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.[1]
- Alderney Bird Observatory, Alderney[2]
- 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
- 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
Costa Rica[]
Czech Republic[]
France[]
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[]
Hungary[]
Israel[]
Nepal[]
Peru[]
- Manu Bird Observatory[3]
Sweden[]
- Falsterbo Bird Observatory[4]
Switzerland[]
- Swiss Ornithological Institute
United States[]
- , Alaska
- , Wisconsin
- , Ohio
- , New York
- Cape May Bird Observatory, New Jersey
- , South Carolina
- , Indiana
- , Virginia
- , New York
- Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, California
- Great Basin Bird Observatory, Nevada
- , Texas
- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Pennsylvania
- , Minnesota
- , Texas
- , California
- (formerly Idaho Bird Observatory), Idaho
- , Oregon
- Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, Massachusetts
- , Missouri
- Norman Bird Sanctuary, Rhode Island
- , Rhode Island
- Point Reyes Bird Observatory, California
- , Pennsylvania
- , Texas
- Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, Colorado
- , Michigan
- , California
- , Illinois
- , New Jersey
- Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory, Arizona
- The Institute for Bird Populations, California
- Whitefish 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.
External links[]
Categories:
- Bird observatories
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