flyways

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There, the migrating Asian birds intersect with North American species along the great north-south "flyways" of the Americas.

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  • Nor are North America's flyways altogether isolated, she added. —  The News Tribune - Tacoma - Homepage
  • "Although you tend to think of the North American flyways as being separate from Europe and Asia, in fact there is some crossover in the northern breeding grounds," Stephens said. —  The News Tribune - Tacoma - Homepage
  • After years of battling environmentalists worried about the mixture of towering windmills and one of the world's busiest migratory bird flyways, Babcock & Brown opened its wind farm on the Kenedy Ranch. —  EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed
  • Southeast Alaska's rain forest is alive with the chirps and trills of more than 300 species of birds that flutter along the flyways of the state's panhandle. —  JuneauEmpire.com
  • The 2008 World Bird Festival has a special focus on migratory birds and their flyways. —  YubaNet.com
 

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