Definition of flyway
: an established air route of migratory birds
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In the marsh, ducks, geese and bald eagles are flourishing across the four major flyways of North America.
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Nearby Clear Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake in California and a birder’s delight on the Pacific flyway.
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The flyway is shaped like an hourglass stretching from as far south as Mexico to as far north as Siberia and cinched into an 80-mile-wide stretch in Nebraska.
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Located along the Mississippi River flyway, the park is a prime spot for bird watching.
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We were parked on the wildlife drive in the coastal wetlands of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife refuge, in Galloway Township, N.J., in one of the most active flyways for migrating ducks and shorebirds each fall and spring.
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The big chill pushes ducks and geese south as ponds freeze and snow covers grain fields in the north, bringing thousands of birds down the flyways into the South from the Midwest.
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Five other migratory species visit the valley and foothills on their flyways.
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Another clue is that the county sits on a major migratory flyway for 17 bird species, including sand hill cranes and mallards.
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First Known Use of flyway
1891
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Definition of flyway for Students
: a route regularly followed by migratory birds
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