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.
Tundra Swans and friends near Grand Island
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Greater Scaup escort redhead through the ice of the Niagara river
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White-breasted Nuthatch
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An asylum of loons, Buffalo Outer Harbor
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Image to the Left: Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) on the Niagara River near Buffalo, January 2013 Photos by J.Burney
Male and female Common Goldeneye accompany male Redhead
Bufflehead and Common Merganser
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Hooded Merganser
Horned Grebe
Who doesn't love a titmouse?
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Snowy Owl on the Ice at Buffalo Outer Harbor
A huge raft of waterfowl in the Niagara River near Buffalo New York
