Just down the river, Fort Niagara State Park on Lake Ontario also is recognized as part of this area. In recognition of the river’s important habitat for feeding, nesting, wintering, and during migration, it has been designated as an Important Bird Area by the Audubon Society. 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. As well as providing plenty of small fish, the area also serves as protection from storms that can affect the Great Lakes during the wintertime.Ĭreated in 1885, Niagara Falls State Park is the oldest state park in the United States, with hundreds of thousands of visitors annual drawn by the immense power and beauty of the thundering cataracts. The river is attractive to gulls because it offers them food and shelter, and serves as a rest stop for long migrations from the arctic to the Atlantic coast. Gulls, in particular, are a common sight along the Niagara, with as many as 100,000 gulls stopping over the river during the winter and fall. Perhaps a lesser known fact, however, is that the river is also a critical haven for migrating birds during this time of the year.
The Niagara River is well-known as an international destination for its tremendous waterfalls, which form spectacular ice formations during the winter.
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