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unusual facts about migratory birds



Migratory Birds Convention Act

The Migratory Birds Convention Act (also MBCA) is a Canadian law established in 1917 and significantly updated in June 1994 which contains regulations to protect migratory birds, their eggs, and their nests from hunting, trafficking and commercialization.

Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge

The refuge's objectives are to provide nesting, resting, and wintering habitat for migratory birds, including the greater snow geese and other migratory waterfowl, shorebirds, wading birds, raptors, and neotropical migrants, as well as habitat and protection for endangered and threatened species.

Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge

Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge is an inviolate sanctuary expressly for migratory birds, located east of Milton, Delaware.

Rhipsalis baccifera

One theory is that it was introduced to the Old World by migratory birds, long enough ago for the Old World populations to be regarded as distinct subspecies.

Sandy Point, Newfoundland and Labrador

Various levels of government are undertaking a process to create the territory as an historical site and conservation area for the numerous species of migratory birds which inhabit the island during the summer months; these include Piping Plovers, with the Sandy Point colony comprising between 15-30% of Newfoundland's overall plover population.


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Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge

The refuge is administered from offices in King Salmon, Alaska and was established to conserve Alaskan brown bears, caribou, moose, marine mammals, shorebirds, other migratory birds and fish, and to comply with treaty obligations.

Anadyr River

The area is a summering place for a number of migratory birds including Brent geese, Eurasian Wigeons, and the pintails of California.

Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge

It is considered by conservationists to be an important link along the Atlantic Flyway for migratory birds such as snow geese.

Blue Lake Regional Park

Swallows are common in summer, and American Goldfinches and other migratory birds visit the park in large number.

Cintra Bay

Many species of migratory birds and oceanic birds such as Western Palearctic waders inhabit for wintering on West Sahara´s coastline and more notably in the Cintra Bay region and the Banc d'Arguin National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mauritania where nearly 110species of sea birds are confirmed.

Ghataprabha

The sanctuary is known for migratory birds such as the Demoiselle Crane and European White Stork.

Global spread of H5N1 in 2005

It is believed that the disease had spread from migratory birds that land at the Manyas bird sanctuary (a few miles from the infected farm) on their way to Africa.

Hadoti

With their wetlands, thick forests and water bodies, the four districts of Hadoti, Kota, Bundi, Baran and Jhalawar have now come to be recognized as a paradise for migratory birds among foreign as well as domestic tourists.

Jayakwadi Dam

Notable amongst migratory birds are Cranes, Flamingos, Pintails, Wigeon, Shoveller, Brahmany Duck, Pochards, Teals, God Wit, Shauces, Glossy Ibis, etc.

Kaikaluru

The lake was an important habitat for an estimated 20 million resident and migratory birds, including the Grey or Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis).

Marilyn Ramenofsky

Ramenofsky has published numerous peer reviewed articles on the physiology and behavior of migratory birds, most notably the White-crowned Sparrow.

Mumbai Trans Harbour Link

Some of the conditions were that the MMRDA put up noise barriers, replant five times the number of mangroves destroyed, not carry out dredging or reclamation, use construction equipment with exhaust silencers and work in consultation with the Bombay Natural History Society to minimize the impact on migratory birds.

Paw Paw River

The watershed includes rare Great Lakes marshes and floodplain forests, which serve as habitats for migratory birds such as the Prothonotary Warbler (commonly known as the Golden Swamp Warbler), as well as the endangered Mitchell Satyr butterfly.

Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park

The park is an important stoppover area for migratory birds, notably Brant Geese, which use the beach as a staging area from March 1 to April 15.

Riverland Biosphere Reserve

The flood plains of the reserve are recognised as internationally significant wetlands for migratory birds under the Ramsar Convention.

Sahebganj district

Migratory birds reach here every winter from several parts of the World, including Siberia.

Scott Weidensaul

For his Pulitzer-nominated book Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere With Migratory Birds, the author took to longtime systematic observation, which included the ornithological technique of banding, and observing the birds, besides the author talked to various experts—as well as amateur birders and ornithologists who have made many of the important discoveries about bird biology.

Tubutulik River

The watershed is also a habitat for migratory birds, and caribou of the Western Arctic herd forage there.

Whooping Crane Summer Range

There are currently 178 migratory birds which winter and breed in coastal Texas, primarily in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge.