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  BIRDS ON THE NIAGARA

Winter Birds


February 3, 2020 Buffalo's Outer Harbor

In the winter, the Niagara River strait, which connects Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, is host to as many as 19 species of gulls and  40 species of waterfowl. Hundreds of thousands of these birds can be seen on many days between November and March.
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Tundra Swans and friends near Grand Island
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Greater Scaup escort redhead through the ice of the Niagara river



​More on Winter Bird Species Here:
Waterfowl
GULLS 



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White-breasted Nuthatch
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An asylum of loons, Buffalo Outer Harbor

Image to the Left: Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) on the Niagara River near Buffalo, January 2013  Photos by J.Burney
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Male and female Common Goldeneye accompany male Redhead
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Bufflehead and Common Merganser
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Hooded Merganser
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Horned Grebe
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Who doesn't love a titmouse?
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Snowy Owl on the Ice at Buffalo Outer Harbor
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A huge raft of waterfowl in the Niagara River near Buffalo New York
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  • Home
    • Who We Are
  • Checklist Birds of the Niagara
    • Winter Birds >
      • gulls
      • waterfowl
  • Video
  • The Niagara River IBA
  • Places to Visit Birds
    • Waverly Woods
  • Ramsar
  • Press