flyway
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flyway
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Instead, it is called D1 and originates from wild birds that likely came along the migratory Pacific flyway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2024
The flyway spans more than 1,000 miles in the U.S., from Texas to North Dakota.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2023
Audubon has a project to protect and improve several hundred acres of wetlands on the sea’s eastern shore to attract birds on what is an important migratory flyway.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 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
The wild duck rests there and the Canada goose, for this is a fringe of the central migratory flyway.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
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