The Great Migration

For thousands of years and countless generations, migratory birds have flown the same long-distance paths between their breeding and feeding grounds. Understanding the routes these birds take, called "flyways," helps conservation efforts and gives scientists better knowledge of global changes, both natural and man-made. QUEST heads out to the Pacific Flyway with California biologists to track the rhythm of migration.

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Additional Links

• The U.S. State of the Birds - 2009 Report
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Division of Migratory Bird Management
• Ducks Unlimited
• PRBO:Tracking Migrating Shorebirds
• USGS Western Ecological Research Center - Wintering Ecology and Migration of Surf Scoters from San Francisco Bay
• Producer's Notes: The Great Migration

 

Educator Guides

• The Great Migration Educator Guide