[Tweeters] Southbound Waterfowl Migration Underway (was: Ring-necked Duck)

[Michael Price via Tweeters]

Hi tweets

Now it's late summer, waterfowl have completed their full molt and are
flightworthy again. Since they're done breeding, they're starting to head
either south or out to the coast, or both. This likely accounts for the
sudden appearance of these Ring-necked Ducks.

A sighting of five Green-winged Teal flying east low out over salt water
past Jericho Park in Vancouver BC on Aug 21 is a bit early, but the
dabblers are the first southbound ducks to arrive, then the lake and pond
divers, then the sea ducks like scoters in October and November, and in
Vancouver BC, GWTE is the first of them. The southbound waterfowl migration
has begun, and the Great Wheel turns.

best wishes, m

Michael Price
Vancouver BC Canada
loblollyboy at gmail.com

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