Flyway (other)
A flyway is a bird migration flight path Flyway may also refer to: * ''Flyway'' (magazine), Iowa State University journal * Flyway (software), a Java database migration framework * Flyways Linhas Aéreas, a Brazilian airline * Flyway Club, a shooting club in North Carolina, US * Flyway Film Festival The Flyway Film Festival is an annual independent film festival along the shores of Lake Pepin in Wisconsin and Minnesota, United States, held in October. It was founded in 2008 by Rick Vaicius in Pepin, Wisconsin, and has since expanded to include ..., a festival in Pepin, Wisconsin, US See also * Airway (other) * Flight plan (other) * Flightpath (other) * Fly Away (other) * Skyway (other) {{disambiguation ...
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Flyway
A flyway is a flight path used by large numbers of birds while migrating between their breeding grounds and their overwintering quarters. Flyways generally span continents and often pass over oceans. Although applying to any species of migrating bird, the concept was first conceived and applied to waterfowl and shore birds. The flyways can be thought of as wide arterial highways to which the migratory routes of different species are tributaries. An alternative definition is that a flyway is the entire range of a migratory bird, encompassing both its breeding and non-breeding grounds, and the resting and feeding locations it uses while migrating. There are four major north–south flyways in North America and six covering Eurasia, Africa, and Australasia. History The passing of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 in the United States resulted in a need for more information on bird migration. Frederick Charles Lincoln was put in charge and improved methods for trapping and b ...
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