How to Use flyway in a Sentence

flyway

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• The state once shot about 25 percent of all ducks shot in the Mississippi flyway.
  — John Myers, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2019
• Moreover, invest in hair oil and anti-frizz spray to keep those flyways in check.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 July 2024
• The lesser snow geese of the Mississippi and Central flyways come in both white and the blue color phase.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2023
• Found mostly in the Atlantic flyway, this mallard-black duck took on a slight green shading in the head and a darker, black duck-like body.
  — Ryan Chelius, Outdoor Life, 1 Mar. 2021
• 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.
  — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 9 Dec. 2017
• The crucial habitat the flyway offers is facing a series of threats.
  — Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2024
• In the marsh, ducks, geese and bald eagles are flourishing across the four major flyways of North America.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 8 July 2018
• In a show of strength, nearly 40 Chinese warplanes have crossed the two countries’ median line in the Taiwan Strait (right on the flyway).
  — The Economist, 26 Sep. 2020
• What is the Mississippi River flyway, and which birds use it?
  — Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2024
• Some eagles don’t even leave the state in the winter for the warmer climates of the Gulf Coast region and the southern Mississippi River flyway.
  — Barry Amundson, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2017
• Mallards have been breeding out black ducks in the Atlantic flyway for some time now (the black duck population has been in decline since the mid-1900s).
  — Ryan Chelius, Outdoor Life, 1 Mar. 2021
• However, the bulk of the species calls the Central, Mississippi, and Atlantic flyways home.
  — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 8 Nov. 2023
• The drought had substantially reduced wetland acres along the flyway in recent years.
  — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2023
• About 2,000 sandhills are removed via depredation permits each year in the flyway.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2020
• 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.
  — National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2018
• Chicago is located on the Mississippi flyway, and birds pass through the city on their journey north toward Canada in search of a good place to nest and breed for the summer.
  — Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2023
• Located along the Mississippi River flyway, the park is a prime spot for bird watching.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2018
• That is the same flyway that crosses over the Carolinas, where the virus-carrying ducks were caught—and also over the more than 1 billion chickens grown each year in Georgia, the most poultry-dense state in the US.
  — Maryn McKenna, Wired, 24 Jan. 2022
• In the Mississippi flyway, in parts of the central United States, cranes convene in larger flocks during the winter, yet will only stay for about three weeks.
  — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2022
• The Verde is also a critical flyway for migratory birds and a nesting site for bald eagles.
  — Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2022
• Five other migratory species visit the valley and foothills on their flyways.
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 3 Nov. 2017
• The additional water will allow birds to spread out along the flyway, reducing the spread of avian influenza and cholera, said Craig Isola, deputy project leader in the wildlife refuge complex.
  — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2023
• At certain points throughout the country, the narrow flyways funnel birds through elevated vantage points from which hunters can get easy shots.
  — Helen Sullivan, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2020
• This busy flyway is where Tyburec led a group of biologists from around the country and Canada during a night of trapping and listening for 20 or so of the species that fly the Chiricahuas.
  — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
• Canvasbacks are found nationwide in the U.S., but the biggest numbers are taken in the Mississippi and Atlantic flyways.
  — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 30 Nov. 2023
• The barley fields draw every type of waterfowl that uses the Interior flyway.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Apr. 2021
• Another clue is that the county sits on a major migratory flyway for 17 bird species, including sand hill cranes and mallards.
  — John M. Barry, Smithsonian, 25 Oct. 2017
• With San Antonio being on the central flyway for neotropical migratory birds, 95% of birds flying north to south pass through this area on their way to warmer weather for the winter each year.
  — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Jan. 2022
• Point Pelee is located on major migratory flyways for birds and more than 390 species of birds have been observed there, according to Parks Canada.
  — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2024
• The disease was first documented in a cave near Albany, N.Y., and then began to spread westward along migratory flyways.
  — Louis Sahagun, SFChronicle.com, 5 July 2019

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024