Q: "What the heck is happening with the gulls on the Niagara River?"
A: Do you all know that the Annual Gull Migration has begun? This gull and other bird migration is one of the principle reasons that the Niagara River has been designated as a "Globally Significant Important Bird Area." Over 19 species of gulls in numbers representing significant portions of worldwide populations of such gulls as Bonaparte's, Herring, and Ring-billed can be seen here from mid-November to mid-January.
 | Don't forget Dial-a-Bird, sponsored by the Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. Call (716) 896-1271 for updated recorded information regarding bird sightings throughout Western New York and Southern Ontario. |
| For more information on Gull Festival activities and to participate in next year's November and December events, "A Celebration of the Natural Niagara," contact Jay Burney at the Buffalo Institute of Urban Ecology, Inc., 1645 Statler Towers, 107 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York, 14222 or email jburney@apollo3.com. |