Whitefish Point Bird Observatory

Whitefish Point Bird Observatory
Bird watching station at Whitefish Point
OrganizationMichigan Audubon Society
LocationChippewa County, Michigan USA
Coordinates46°46′14″N 84°57′24″W / 46.77056°N 84.95667°W / 46.77056; -84.95667
Established1978
Websitewww.wpbo.org
Whitefish Point Bird Observatory is located in the United States
Whitefish Point Bird Observatory
Location of Whitefish Point Bird Observatory

The Whitefish Point Bird Observatory (WPBO) is located in Chippewa County, Michigan, USA, adjacent to the Whitefish Point Unit of the Seney National Wildlife Refuge. It operates as a non-profit, affiliate education and research facility of the Michigan Audubon Society. The Society and the WPBO together have recorded over 300 species of birds at Whitefish Point. As one of a network of bird observatories in the Canadian Migration Monitoring Network, the WPBO documents the bird population of the Great Lakes region through bird banding, data collection, and research studies.