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He said there were seasonal restrictions on areas with birthing seals and wintering birds.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

After spending the summer in the Hamptons, Icahn is wintering at his house on the Miami-area island known as Billionaire Bunker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

Each year, billions of songbirds migrate between breeding and wintering grounds.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

But they have been consistently present off the coast — migrating from their wintering grounds in Mexico and Central America to California in the summer, where they gorge on fish and krill along the coast.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2024

And then she said to the children, “Brightbill must soon lead his flock back to their wintering grounds. However, he can return here in the spring.”

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown