Buffalo sits where Lake Erie pours into the Niagara River, and that river is one of the best gull-watching spots on earth in winter, with rare species turning up among the thousands. Bald eagles and common mergansers work the fast water, the lakefront and the Tifft Nature Preserve hold herons, beavers, and muskrats, and the neighborhoods run to gray squirrels, cottontails, and red-tailed hawks.
Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near Buffalo. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.
38,477
recent observations
30
species listed
14
birds
5
plants
3
mammals
Naturalists have logged 38,477 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near Buffalo. The most frequently seen is the Canada Goose, with 2,300 recorded sightings.
Birds account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (14 of the species listed here), followed by plants (5).