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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Highlights From This Year’s Bird-Friendly Buffalo Symposium
5:30 – 8 p.m. Thursday, April 23 at UB South Campus
Thank you to all who joined our second annual Bird-Friendly Buffalo Symposium!
This expert-led event highlighted practical solutions for making Buffalo a more bird-friendly region, including featured presentations from:
– 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
Photo by Bill Massaro, Buffalo Audubon
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!
