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. 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