We all have a role to play in cultivating a bird-friendly city
Birds play a vital part in our ecosystem—one that we can protect and preserve by ensuring their living environments are supportive and help them thrive.
Bird-Friendly Buildings
Windows and bright lights can cause confusion for birds and lead to fatal collisions.
Lights Out Program
Reduce threats to birds in flight by turning off lights between 11 p.m. and dawn, or by using a dimmer.
Native Plants
Planting native supports nature’s balance—sustaining pollinators and insects, which work their way up the food chain.
Eliminating Rodenticide Use
Rat poison use continues to disrupt the food chain by threatening the survival of owls, hawks, eagles, and other birds of prey.
Predator Control
Free-roaming cats account for the extinction of 63 species of birds, mammals, and other small animals.
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Join us at the Bird-Friendly Buffalo Symposium
5:30 – 8 p.m. Thursday, April 23 at UB South Campus
Save the date! Join us at the second annual Bird-Friendly Buffalo Symposium, presented in partnership with City of Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan.
Be part of this expert-led event highlighting practical solutions for making Buffalo a more bird-friendly region, taking place at:
– 5:30 p.m. Explore tables from local environmental and birding organizations, 6:30 – 8 p.m. Symposium event
– Thursday, April 23
– University at Buffalo South Campus, 403 Hayes Hall multipurpose room, located at 250 Hayes Rd, Buffalo, NY 14214
Featured speakers include:
– Dr. Adriaan M. Dokter, Project Leader for BirdCast at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
– Tom Kerr, Senior Naturalist at Buffalo Audubon
– Hannah Semo, Master’s student at the University at Buffalo Department of Environment and
Sustainability
– Aaron Karpinski, Director of the SPCA Wildlife Department
– Meredith Barges, Co-Founder of Lights Out! Connecticut & Chair of Lights Out Central New York
– City of Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan
Photo by Bill Annis, Buffalo Audubon
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Parking, Registration & More
Join us at the 2026 Bird-Friendly Symposium in person or on Zoom!
If you’re joining us in person, parking is available in the Service and Delivery lot between Hayes and Crosby Halls, accessible via Hayes Road. Additional visitor parking is located in the nearby Townsend Lot, and accessible spaces are on the west side of Hayes Hall.
If you reserved a virtual ticket to join us via Zoom, your login information will be sent to you via a confirmation email.
We look forward to seeing you at the Bird-Friendly Buffalo Symposium!
In the meantime, we invite you to view the recording from last year’s 2025 Bird-Friendly Buffalo Symposium, and explore the resources below:
Help us meet our goal!
Every dollar you give helps advance our mission: to make Buffalo a bird-friendly city by supporting its communities in cultivating bird-friendly programming and infrastructure that helps birds thrive.
Thank you for your support!
