# 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).

## List of bird observatories
### 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