Bird Observatories and Banding Stations

In this section of Birding.com you will find a comprehensive list of bird observatories and banding stations throughout the world. Find a bird observatory, banding laboratory, or field station near you.

US & Canada
US Bird Banding Laboratory
North American Banding Council
North American Bird Banding Manual Index
Bird Observatories in the U.S.

Alaska Bird Observatory
Atlantic Bird Observatory (Seal Island, Nova Scotia)
Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory
Austin Ornithological Research Station (Banding Data Computerization Project )
Big Sur Ornithology Lab (California)
Black Swamp Bird Observatory (Ohio)
Braddock Bay Bird Observatory (NY, USA)
Cape May Bird Observatory (New Jersey, USA)
Chipper Woods Bird Observatory (Indiana)
Coyote Creek Riparian Station, Avian Research Program
Delta Marsh Bird Banding Station (Manitoba, Canada)
Derby Hill Bird Observatory (New York)
Great Basin Bird Observatory
Hanging Rock Raptor Observatory (West Virginia)
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary  (Pennsylvania, USA)
Idaho Bird Observatory
Innis Point Bird Observatory (Ottawa Canada)
K.E.S.T.R.E.L.  (Virginia)
Last Mountain Bird Observatory (Saskatchewan, Canada)
Long Point Bird Observatory(Ontario)
Malheur Field Station   (Oregon)
Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences (Mass. USA)
Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch (Ontario, Canada )
New Mexico Bird Banding Lab
Point Reyes Bird Observatory 
Powdermill Nature Reserve bird-banding program
Redberry Pelican Project Research Station (Saskatchewan, Canada)
Rio Grande Valley Bird Observatory
Rouge River Bird Observatory (Michigan, USA)
San Francisco Bird Observatory (California, USA)
Western Bird Banding Association
Whitefish Point Bird Observatory

Europe
European Ringing and Migration Studies
Akeroya Bird Observatory (Norway)
Bird Ringing Centre Swedish Museum of Natural History
Cape Clear Bird Observatory (Ireland)
Culterty Field Station (Grampian, Scotland)
Dungeness Bird Observatory (UK)
Fair Isle Bird Observatory   (UK)
Hanko Bird Observatory
Jomfruland Bird Observatory
Lista Fuglestasjon (Norway)
Birding and banding in the Northern Adriatic
Raasio Wader Ringing Station
Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory (UK)
Skagen Fugelstation (Denmark)
Skokholm Island
Takern Field Station (Sweden)
Turoy Bird Observatory (Norway)
Institut fuer Vogelforschung (Institute of Avian Research)  (Germany)

Australia
Barren Grounds Bird Observatory
Broome Bird Observatory (Western Australia)
Eyre Bird Observatory (Western Australia)
Gluepot or Gluepot
Rotamah Bird Observatory

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