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North America's Only International Bird Festival PROMOTING THE INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN BIRDS, CONSERVATION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
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Special Guest - Keynote Speaker - Book Signing
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David Allen Sibley
Burchfield Penney Art Center Saturday February 17, 2024 Onsite Bookseller, Talking Leaves Books Doors Open 6:30 PM GET TICKETS HERE Free and Open to the BON24 Public Burchfield Penney Art Gallery Programs Start 11:00 AM on Saturday CLICK HERE FOR SCHEDULE |
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Program Topic "The Art of Identification"
In the same way that poetry conveys rich meaning in just a few words, the illustrations in a field guide need to give maximum information in minimum space. Tracing his own artistic development through sketches and paintings, David discusses the unique requirements and challenges of illustrating for a field guide. |
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Featured Video of the Week J. Drew Lanham joins Staying Connected with Jay Burney from May 7, 2020
Niagara Birds in Winter |
Birds on the Niagara's Celebrating Winter Birds Festival promotes Learning About Niagara's Birds; Bioregional and Local Conservation Strategies; and Social Justice and Inclusion. Programs Occur Throughout the International Niagara River Corridor including Niagara Falls, New York; Niagara Falls, Ontario; Buffalo, New York
BON24 will be hosting a variety of programs and presentations throughout the International Niagara Corridor including a full day of presentations at the Burchfield (Only the evening presentation requires ticket purchase); A meet and greet on Friday January 16 6-pm-8pm at the Niagara Falls Sheraton New York; A Canada Beers and Bird Trivia at Counterpart Brewery, Niagara Falls, Canada Friday 6:00-9:00 PM; Indoor Programs at the Western New York Welcome Center on Grand Island on Saturday and Sunday, Indoor programs at the Sheraton Niagara Falls USA, Sunday noon-4pm, and an Open House at the Niagara Glen Nature Center in Niagara Falls, Canada on Monday February 19.
In addition we will be hosting a wide variety of outdoor tours, walks, and bird observation sites. This year again, the the Cave of the Winds at Niagara Falls State Park will be open free with FREE PARKING to BON Festival attendees. |
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Birds on the Niagara is proud to partner with The Spark Bird Project. This project is designed to gather and share the stories of people’s passion for birds while gaining scientific insights into a critical missing piece in the understanding of the ecology of birds - birders themselves. Learn more and share your spark bird story today www.spark-bird.org/
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Birds on the NIagara takes place in and along the international river corridor which is the border between Canada and the U.S.A. Our festival takes place indoors and outdoors in both Canada and the USA at venues and locations from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario.
Birds on the Niagara has a 3-part focus that helps us to celebrate our important place on this planet. BIRDS Our festival takes place in locations in or connected to the Niagara River Corridor Globally Significant Important Bird and Biodiversity Area. Birds and biodiversity in all seasons help to characterize our Niagara natural spaces. Winter birds include hundreds of thousands of birds including Snowy Owls, many species of waterfowl (some in breeding plumage) including ducks, geese, and swans, and a wide variety of typical winter birds in this region as well as the occassional irruptive events involving finches and other far north species. Many of the migrating species are here because over historic time, the Niagara River was the first open waters as these birds traveled from the arctic, the boreal, and the tundra to warmer and more hospitable wintering areas. CONSERVATION Finding ways to get to a future that helps to insure positive quality of life for human generations to come has to include profound dialogue, planning, and engagement. We have to find ways to conserve our ecologically productive natural resources. Our festival brings together conservationists, decisionmakers, students, nature lovers and families to learn about, promote, and lead conservation initiatives that impact the health of our local habitats, our bioregion, our hemisphere, and our globe. INCLUSION Planning and managing a future for healthy human populations has many voices. Birds on the Niagara has as a central mission to bring those voices together so that, together, we can find ways to protect our planet. We strive for programming for and with people of color, indigenous voices, the LGBTQ+ Community, the elderly, people with different abilities, and children and families of our communities. |
BON Showcase Videos
Enjoy this short video of Birds and Birdwatchers from the Niagara Region during the past year, and from BON22 Tundra Swans, Niagara River and Grand Island
Snowy Owl on Buffalo's Outer Harbor
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