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A bird observatory is a centre for the study of bird migration
Bird migration

Bird migration refers to the regular seasonal journeys undertaken by many species of birds. Bird movements include those made in response to changes in food availability, habitat or weather....
 and bird population
Population

File:Population density.pngIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings....
s. They are usually focused on local bird
Bird

Birds are wing, Bipedalismal, endothermic , vertebrate animals that lay egg . There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most numerous tetrapod vertebrates....
s, 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

Bird ringing is an aid to studying wild birds, by attaching a small individually numbered metal or plastic ring to their legs or wings, so that various aspects of the bird's life can be studied by the ability to re-find the same individual later....
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A bird observatory is a centre for the study of bird migration
Bird migration

Bird migration refers to the regular seasonal journeys undertaken by many species of birds. Bird movements include those made in response to changes in food availability, habitat or weather....
 and bird population
Population

File:Population density.pngIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings....
s. They are usually focused on local bird
Bird

Birds are wing, Bipedalismal, endothermic , vertebrate animals that lay egg . There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most numerous tetrapod vertebrates....
s, 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

Bird ringing is an aid to studying wild birds, by attaching a small individually numbered metal or plastic ring to their legs or wings, so that various aspects of the bird's life can be studied by the ability to re-find the same individual later....
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Australia

  • Broome Bird Observatory
    Broome Bird Observatory

    Broome Bird Observatory is an educational, scientific and recreational facility near Broome, Western Australia. It began operating in 1988 under the auspices of Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union in order to provide a base for the study and enjoyment of the birds of Roebuck Bay and adjoining areas, especially the migratory waders for wh...
    , Western Australia
  • Eyre Bird Observatory
    Eyre Bird Observatory

    Eyre Bird Observatory is an educational, scientific and recreational facility in the Nuytsland Nature Reserve, Western Australia.Cocklebiddy, Western Australia is the nearest locality on the Eyre Highway 49 km to the north....
    , Western Australia


Britain and Ireland

Members of the
  • Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory
    Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory

    Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory is a bird observatory on Bardsey Island, off the Wales coast.It was founded in 1953 by a group of ornithologists from the West Midland Bird Club , the West Wales Field Society, and local people....
  • Calf of Man
    Calf of Man

    Calf of Man is a small island, almost one square mile in area, 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....
     (Isle of Man
    Isle of Man

    The Isle of Man , or Mann , is a self-governing Crown dependency, located in the Irish Sea at the geographical centre of the British Isles....
    )
  • Cape Clear
    Cape Clear

    Cape Clear may refer to:* Cape Clear * Cape Clear Island, on the southern coast of Ireland.* Cape Clear, Victoria, a town in Australia...
     (Ireland
    Ireland

    Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
    )
  • Copeland
  • Dungeness
    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....
  • Fair Isle
    Fair Isle

    Fair Isle Scottish Gaelic Eileann nan Geansaidh is an island off Scotland, lying around halfway between Shetland and the Orkney Islands....
  • Filey
    Filey

    Filey is a small town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the Scarborough and is located between Scarborough, North Yorkshire and Bridlington on the North Sea coast....
  • Flamborough
    Flamborough Head

    Flamborough Head is an eight mile long promontory on the Yorkshire coast of England, between the Filey and Bridlington bays of the North Sea....
  • Gibraltar Point
    Gibraltar Point

    Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve is an area of approximately 4.3 square kilometres in Lincolnshire, England.The reserve is owned by Lincolnshire County Council and East Lindsey District Council and is administered by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust....
  • Holme
  • Isle of May
  • Landguard
    Felixstowe

    Felixstowe is a seaside resort on the North Sea coast of Suffolk, England. The town gives its name to the nearby Port of Felixstowe, which is the largest Containerization port in the United Kingdom and is owned by Hutchinson Ports UK....
  • North Ronaldsay
    North Ronaldsay

    North Ronaldsay is the northernmost of the Orkney Islands, Scotland and with an area of is the fourteenth largest....
  • Portland
    Isle of Portland

    The Isle of Portland is a limestone tied island, long by wide, in the English Channel. Portland is south of the resort of Weymouth, Dorset, forming the southernmost point of the county of Dorset, England....
  • Sandwich Bay
    Sandwich Bay

    Sandwich Headlands and bays is a long sweeping inlet of the sea between Ramsgate and Deal, Kent, England. The coastal area consists of sand flats with their associated salt marshes and coastal sand dunes....
  • Spurn
    Spurn

    Spurn Point is a narrow sand spit on the tip of the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England that reaches into the North Sea and forms the north bank of the mouth of the Humber estuary....
  • Walney
    Morecambe Bay

    Morecambe Bay is a large bay in northwest England, nearly due east of the Isle of Man and just to the south of the Lake District National Park....


Canada

Observatories belonging to the
  • Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory
    Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory

    The Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory is a bird observatory located in the Prince Edward Point National Wildlife Area, located on Prince Edward Point in the south-east corner of Prince Edward County, Ontario, Ontario, Canada....


Israel

  • Jerusalem Bird Observatory
    Jerusalem Bird Observatory

    The Jerusalem Bird Observatory is an urban bird observatory in Israel, sited on a 5000 square metre plot in central Jerusalem between the Knesset and the Supreme Court of Israel....


United States

  • Alaska Bird Observatory, Alaska
  • Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory
    Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory

    The Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory is a nonprofit membership-supported scientific and educational organization founded in 1996 in Bisbee, Arizona, Arizona, USA....
    , Arizona
  • Golden Gate Raptor Observatory
    Golden Gate Raptor Observatory

    The Golden Gate Raptor Observatory is a non-profit organization whose mission is to study migrating birds of prey along the Pacific coast and to inspire the preservation of raptor populations in California....
    , California
  • Point Reyes Bird Observatory, California
  • Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
    Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory

    Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, or RMBO, was first founded in 1988 to address bird conservation needs in the Western United States. RMBO's headquarters are located in Barr Lake State Park, just east of Brighton, Colorado....
    , Colorado
  • Idaho Bird Observatory, Idaho
  • Manomet Bird Observatory, Massachusetts
  • Whitefish Point Bird Observatory
    Whitefish Point Bird Observatory

    The Whitefish Point Bird Observatory is located adjacent to the Whitefish Point National Wildlife Refuge in Chippewa County, Michigan, USA. It operates as an non-profit, affiliate education and research facility of the Audubon Society....
    , Michigan
  • Cape May Bird Observatory, New Jersey
  • Braddock Bay Bird Observatory, New York
  • Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
    Hawk Mountain Sanctuary

    Hawk Mountain Sanctuary is a wild bird sanctuary near Kempton, Pennsylvania located along the Appalachian flyway. The sanctuary is a prime location for the viewing of kettle and migrating bird of prey with an average of 20,000 hawks, eagles and falcons passing the lookouts during the late summer and fall every year....
    , Pennsylvania
  • Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, Texas
  • Rio Grande Valley Bird Observatory, Texas
  • The Institute for Bird Populations
    The Institute for Bird Populations

    The Institute for Bird Populations, based in Marin County, California, is a non-profit organization dedicated to studying and monitoring bird populations, and providing land managers and policy makers with information needed to better manage those populations....
    , California


External links

  • , Fairbanks, Alaska USA
  • , University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
  • , Nevada, USA
  • , Ashland, Oregon, USA
  • , Point Reyes, Marin County, California, USA
  • , Alviso, California, USA
  • , Bisbee, Arizona, USA
  • , Point Reyes Station, California, USA