Definition of flyway
: an established air route of migratory birds
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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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South Jersey, and the Cape May peninsula in particular, is considered among the premier flyways in North America to observe and track bird migration.
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The city website's Bird City page says South Milwaukee is part of an important migratory flyway, which provides nesting habitat for many bird species in Grant Park, the Mill Pond and Oak Creek Parkway to name a few.
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But a sleek vertical surface reflects away the echoes, fooling bats into recognizing it as an open flyway.
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First Known Use of flyway
1891
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: a route regularly followed by migratory birds
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