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