North America
- Bird Islands (Nunavut), Canada
- Bird Island, part of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, U.S.
- Bird Island, part of the Lake Louise State Recreation Area, Alaska
- Bird Island (Juneau, Alaska), an island in Juneau, Alaska
- Bird Island (Marin County, California), U.S.
- Brooks Island or Bird Island, Richmond, California, U.S.
- Bird Island (Hawaiian Islands) or Nihoa, an island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, U.S.
- Bird Island (Oahu) or Moku Manu, an offshore islet of Oahu, Hawaii, U.S.
- Bird Island (Montana), an island in Montana, U.S
- Bird Island (Massachusetts), an island in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Bird Island (East Boston), a former island in East Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Bird Island, an islet in Palmyra Atoll, U.S. Minor Outlying Island
- Bird Island, Minnesota, U.S.
- Bird Island Township, Renville County, Minnesota, U.S.
- Bird Island, North Carolina, U.S.
- Bird Island, Oregon, U.S. (also known as Goat Island)
- Bird Island Basin, Texas on Padre Island
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