Niagara Falls - Bird Watching Paradise

Ducks, Geese, Gulls, Cormorants and more - Niagara Falls is a great area for watching waterfowl - even better in the Winter! Created in 1885, Niagara Falls State Park is the oldest state park in the United States. While visitors may be drawn here by the immense power and beauty of Niagara’s world famous cataracts, the park also boasts a surprising diversity of birdlife. The falls are a magnet for both tourists and huge flocks of gulls. Looking
down from the edge of Niagara Gorge in autumn or winter, the air above the turbulent waters is at times white with wheeling and diving gulls. Niagara’s waters provide the gulls with a smorgasbord of small fish, which become stunned by the churning water.
With its steep-walled gorge, the river corridor also protects the gulls from severe winter storms that sweep across the Great Lakes. The result is a “gull Mecca,” with 19 species seen here—more than half
the varieties native to North America. Large flocks of waterfowl also come for the bounty of fish, and several species of songbirds and wading birds are seasonal visitors to the park’s shorelines as well. Due to its importance for migrating birds, the Niagara River corridor was the first site named as a globally significant Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society in 1996. Forest and shrubland on the river’s shore are home to a variety of mammals, as well as birds.
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