Migration race

Migratory birds face many dangers on their journey. Learn more about bird migration by grabbing a friend and playing Migration Race! Can you make it to the finish line?

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New York City has Mallards, Wood Ducks, and other duck species that live here all year. In the wintertime, migratory ducks like Buffleheads, Northern Shovelers, and Hooded Mergansers come south from Canada to stay in New York City until the spring when they return up north. Get to know some ducks that you may see in our city by playing Memory!

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Can you guess these different bird words and phrases? Learn more about bird vocabulary and types of birds with this fill in the blanks game!

References

All About Birds. (n.d.). Blue-Winged Teal. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Blue-winged_Teal/overview

All About Birds. (n.d.). Hooded Merganser. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Hooded_Merganser/overview

All About Birds. (n.d.). Mallard. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mallard/overview

All About Birds. (n.d.). Northern Shoveler. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Shoveler/overview

All About Birds. (n.d.). Ruddy Duck. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruddy_Duck/overview

Curtis, P. (2024). 10 Fun Facts about the Wood Duck. https://www.audubon.org/news/10-fun-facts-about-wood-duck

Devokaitis, M. (2021). Is Bird Migration Getting More Dangerous? Cornell Lab - All About Birds. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/is-bird-migration-getting-more-dangerous/

Fellows, V. & Wetzel, R. (n.d.). Migration: It’s a Risky Journey! U.S Fish and Wildlife Service. https://www.fws.gov/story/migration-its-risky-journey#:~:text=Migration%20is%20full%20of%20uncertain,much%20for%20many%20to%20handle

NatureMapping Foundation. (n.d.). Bufflehead. http://naturemappingfoundation.org/natmap/facts/bufflehead_k6.html

NYC Audubon. (n.d.). Central Park. https://www.nycaudubon.org/events-birding/birding-resources/birding-in-nyc/birding-in-manhattan/central-park

Sain-Baird, J. (2019). At home with the year-round residents of Central Park. Central Park Conservatory. https://www.centralparknyc.org/articles/park-winter-wildlife

Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute. (n.d.). Green-winged Teal. https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/green-winged-teal#:~:text=These%20ducks%20are%20one%20of,%E2%80%9Cdances%E2%80%9D%20of%20all%20ducks