flyway
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flyway
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“The Planning Department recognizes that Chicago’s location along a major flyway poses a hazard for migrating birds,” Mr. Strazzabosco said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
The flyway spans more than 1,000 miles in the U.S., from Texas to North Dakota.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2023
The drought had substantially reduced wetland acres along the flyway in recent years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2023
Experts say this increases the risk of disease outbreaks like the one that happened in 2020 along the Pacific flyway in California and Oregon, when 60,000 birds crowded into sparse wetlands perished from avian botulism.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2022
She found the longitude of the Atlantic flyway, the migrating route of the birds of the east, and the magnetic field of the earth.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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