Tag: birds
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Supporter Spotlight: Our Grantors & Corporate Donors
We are deeply grateful to every member, donor, and partner who helps sustain our mission. Your support keeps our trails open, our programs thriving, and helps our staff to do more. Special thanks this season to these corporate donors, who gave to make our ongoing improvements possible: Buffalo Audubon also recognizes these grantors for recently…
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School Field Trips That Inspire
For many students, a visit here is more than a field trip; it’s their first meaningful encounter with the natural world. Our school field trip programs create experiences that are immersive, hands-on, and rooted in observation and curiosity. Students are not just learning about nature. They are learning how to notice it, understand it, and…
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A Season of Discovery: Our Summer Nature Camp
Summer at Trillium Nature Center is defined by one of our most meaningful programs: our Nature Camp. Each week, children step into a rhythm that feels very different from their everyday lives. Mornings begin with curiosity, exploring trails, identifying birds, and learning to notice the small details that most of us walk past. As the…
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Buffalo Takes Flight: Buffalo Audubon Partners with Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan in 2nd Annual Bird-Friendly Buffalo Symposium
As millions of birds migrate through Western New York this spring, Buffalo Audubon and Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan are partnering to reduce preventable bird deaths and promote a more bird-friendly city via the second annual Bird-Friendly Buffalo Symposium, at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 23, at the University at Buffalo South Campus. Now in its second…
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Birds & Cats: 6 Solutions for Indoor Cats to Help Birds
As of 2025, about 49 million U.S. homes had at least one pet cat—which figures to anywhere from 32% to 39% of the American population. There’s no question: Cats are lovable companions, and for many, a part of the family. It’s also worth noting that, by design, cats are also efficient hunters—and when allowed to…
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Small Habitats Make Big Differences: How to Create a Bird-Friendly Yard
Living in the Town of Tonawanda, I have a small but nice backyard with a good sized apple tree. When my wife and I moved into our house in the spring of 2012, we were told we would have to spray the tree with pesticide or the apples would be full of worms and nobody…
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How Can You Stop Birds From Flying Into Windows?
Each year, 4 billion birds migrate south from Canada into the United States for fall migration, while about 4.7 billion birds fly from the United States to the tropics in that time. Unfortunately, as many as a billion birds are killed by window strikes in the United States alone—and this does not include the millions…
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How Do Migrating Birds Know Where to Go?
While some birds may travel 700 miles or so during migration, like hummingbirds across the Gulf of Mexico, others like Arctic Terns can travel upwards of 25,000 to 50,000 round trip each year as they make their journeys. As another migration season draws to a close, you can’t help but wonder: Just how do they…
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Lights Out for Birds: How Going Lights Out Helps Birds
During peak migration seasons (between April 15 through May 31 and Aug. 15 through Nov. 15), as many as 400 million birds can fly over the United States in one night alone. In fact, 70% of all North American birds migrate—and 80% of the time, they do so at night. But why at night? For…
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What is Bird-Friendly Buffalo? Our Effort to Protect Birds in Western New York
In the City of Good Neighbors, it’s not uncommon to see someone pulling over the side of the road in a snowstorm to see if a driver with their hazards on is okay. It’s not uncommon to water your neighbor’s plants, or check in on their home when they’re away on vacation. And it’s not…