A bird observatory is a centre for the study of bird migration and bird . 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
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Barren Grounds Bird Observatory, New South Wales
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Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australia
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Eyre Bird Observatory, Western Australia
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Rotamah Island Bird Observatory, Victoria
Brazil
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.
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Alderney Bird Observatory, Alderney
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Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory, Bardsey Island
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Calf of Man Bird Observatory, Calf of Man
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Cape Clear Bird Observatory, Cape Clear
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Copeland Bird Observatory, Copeland Islands
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Dungeness Bird Observatory, Dungeness
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Fair Isle Bird Observatory, Fair Isle
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Filey Bird Observatory, Filey
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Flamborough Bird Observatory, Flamborough Head
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Gibraltar Point Bird Observatory, Gibraltar Point
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Hilbre Bird Observatory, Hilbre Islands
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Holme Bird Observatory, Holme next the Sea
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Isle of May Bird Observatory & Field Station, Isle of May
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Landguard Bird Observatory, Felixstowe
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North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory, North Ronaldsay
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Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre, Portland
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SBBOT Field Centre, Sandwich Bay
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Skokholm Bird Observatory, Skokholm
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Spurn Bird Observatory, Spurn
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South Walney, Walney Island
Canada
Observatories belonging to the Canadian Migration Monitoring Network:
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Holiday Beach Migration Observatory
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Rocky Point Bird Observatory
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Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory
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Mackenzie, British Columbia|Mackenzie Nature Observatory (www.MackenzieNatureObservatory.ca)
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Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory
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Beaverhill Bird Observatory
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Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
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Last Mountain Bird Observatory
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Delta Marsh Bird Observatory
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Thunder Cape Bird Observatory
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Whitefish Point Bird Observatory
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Long Point Bird Observatory
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Haldimand County, Ontario|Haldimand Bird Observatory
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Toronto Bird Observatory
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Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory
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Innis Point Bird Observatory
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Observatoire d'oiseaux de Tadoussac
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Point Lepreau
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Brier Island Bird Migration Research Station
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Atlantic Bird Observatory
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Gros Morne National Migration Monitoring Station
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Bruce Peninsula Bird Observatory
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St. Andrews Banding Station
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McGill Bird Observatory / Observatoire d'Oiseaux de McGill
Colombia
Costa Rica
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Costa Rica Bird Observatories
Czech Republic
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Červenohorské sedlo in Hrubý Jeseník
Estonia
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Kabli Bird Observatory
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Vaibla Bird Observatory
France
Germany
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Randecker Maar Observatory for Bird and Insect Migration, Swabian Jura, Baden-Württemberg
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Heligoland Bird Observatory
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Rossitten Bird Observatory (the world's first, now in Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast)
Greece
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Antikythira Bird Observatory
Hungary
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Ócsa Bird Ringing Station
Israel
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Jerusalem Bird Observatory
Jordan
México
Nepal
Peru
Sweden
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Falsterbo Bird Observatory
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Ottenby Bird Observatory
Switzerland
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Swiss Ornithological Institute
United States
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Alaska Bird Observatory, Alaska
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Biocore Prairie Bird Observatory, Wisconsin
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Black Swamp Bird Observatory, Ohio
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Braddock Bay Bird Observatory, New York
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Cape Fear Bird Observatory, North Carolina
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Cape May Bird Observatory, New Jersey
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Cape Romain Bird Observatory, South Carolina
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Chipper Woods Bird Observatory, Indiana
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Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory, Virginia
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Derby Hill Bird Observatory, New York
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Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, California
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Great Basin Bird Observatory, Nevada
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Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, Texas
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Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Pennsylvania
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Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, Minnesota
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Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory, Texas
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Humboldt Bay Bird Observatory, California
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Intermountain Bird Observatory(formerly Idaho Bird Observatory), Idaho
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Klamath Bird Observatory, Oregon
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Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, Massachusetts
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Missouri River Bird Observatory, Missouri
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Norman Bird Sanctuary, Rhode Island
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Audubon Society of Rhode Island, Rhode Island
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Point Reyes Bird Observatory, California
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Powdermill Avian Research Center, Pennsylvania
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Rio Grande Valley Bird Observatory, Texas
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Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, Colorado
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Rouge River Bird Observatory, Michigan
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San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, California
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Sand Bluff Bird Observatory, Illinois
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Sandy Hook Bird Observatory, New Jersey
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Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory, Arizona
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The Institute for Bird Populations, California
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Whitefish Point Bird Observatory, Michigan
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