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Research reveals extent of new challenges for waterfowlers as migration patterns evolve
Every autumn’s Grand Passage is different.
That’s the nature of waterfowl migrations. Seasoned duck and goose hunters in every flyway – Pacific, Central, Mississippi, and Atlantic – know this well.
Some years, waterfowlers see lots of birds at roughly the same time and at roughly the same places, and the next year it could be completely different. Change is the constant.
“Year-over-year, migrations are fickle,” said a waterfowl biologist from the South. “But there’s more to the story.”
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Research reveals extent of new challenges for waterfowlers as migration patterns evolve
Every autumn’s Grand Passage is different.
That’s the nature of waterfowl migrations. Seasoned duck and goose hunters in every flyway – Pacific, Central, Mississippi, and Atlantic – know this well.
Some years, waterfowlers see lots of birds at roughly the same time and at roughly the same places, and the next year it could be completely different. Change is the constant.
“Year-over-year, migrations are fickle,” said
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