Urban Wildlife

Migration Takes Flight at Tifft Nature Preserve

Submitted by Tifft Nature Pr... on Saturday, May 11th, 10:34 am

You take flight. Only feathers, muscle, and air power your movement through the sky. The journey is long and dangerous but your survival, and the survival of your kind, depends on it. Green, brown, and a vastness of blue give way to concrete human habitats absent of food, water, or shelter. After thousands of miles of evading predation, formidable weather and countless other hazards, you arrive. Your journey has ended this Spring only to begin again in the Fall. This is the way of your species. This is bird migration.

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Spring EGG-stravaganza at Tifft!

Submitted by Tifft Nature Pr... on Thursday, March 14th, 3:05 pm

Buffalo, NY (March 12, 2013) – Tifft Nature Preserve is the place to be to welcome spring! Spring Egg-stravaganza! An annual celebration of animals that hatch from eggs will take place on Friday, March 29, 2013 at Tifft Nature Preserve, the environmental education site of the Buffalo Museum of Science.

SPRING EGG-STRAVAGANZA! A CELEBRATION OF ANIMALS THAT HATCH FROM EGGS
Friday, March 29 10AM – 2PM
Non-Members: $7 per person; Museum Members save 10%

Drop in for an egg-stremely fun time at Tifft Nature Preserve! Admission fee covers:

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Jungle Love Tickets Now Available

Submitted by The Buffalo Zoo, Public Relations Coordinator

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013, 5:21pm

Join Buffalo Zoo President/CEO, Donna M. Fernandes, Ph.D., on Saturday, February 9, 2013 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. to learn more about crimes of passion in the animal world.

The cost of the program is $15 for non-members and $12 for Zoo members. Pre-registration and pre-payment are required. Wine and light refreshments will be provided in the Zoo’s Children’s Resource Center. Please note that this program is only open to mature audiences (ages 21 years and older). Tickets are non-refundable. Register online at www.buffalozoo.org or call (716) 995-6133 today!

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Interested in Joining 4-H? Informational Meetings Planned

Submitted by Jessica ONeil on Friday, October 26th, 12:25 pm

Erie County Legislators Lynne Dixon, Joseph Lorigo, John Mills and Edward Rath, in partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension – Erie County, are pleased to announce that two informational meetings to highlight the many exciting programs available through 4-H will be held in November. With an extensive list of opportunities available to youths, ages 5-19, the informational meetings will discuss what programs are offered and how to get involved.

4-H exhibit at the 2012 Erie County Fair. Several of the county's projects were displayed at the NYS Fair and Erie County took home the most rosettes!

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Nature Strikes a Pose

Submitted by Tifft Nature Pr... on Monday, September 3rd, 4:24 pm

Capture Mother Nature with your camera as she strikes an ephemeral pose! The Friends of Tifft Nature Preserve wants your photographic entry for their 2012 PHOTO CONTEST. Photos taken at Tifft between September 1, 2011 and October 1, 2012 by amateur photographers 16 years and older may be submitted. The annual contest will showcase the natural beauty and historic reclamation of Tifft Nature Preserve, a 264-acre urban nature refuge operated by the Buffalo Museum of Science and dedicated to conservation and environmental education.

Tifft is rich with photographic opportunities all year long! Wildlife abounds as nature once again claims ownership over the previously industrialized property. Color, light, and life compose a new masterpiece at every moment. You just have to capture it! Gather your Tifft photos of the past twelve months or come out and snap some new ones. Then give us your best shot (or shots) for this year’s PHOTO CONTEST!

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Family Snowshoe Hike

Submitted by Steve Morse, Onsight Photography

Monday, January 16th, 2012, 3:32pm

Bring the family to stretch their legs and see what Tifft is like in the wintertime. We’ll end by having a warm drink in Tifft’s cabin. *Snowshoeing is weather permitting.

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