migratory

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Each spring, hundreds of thousands of birds gather here to feed and rest before lifting north again, following migratory paths far older than the farms and highways that now define the valley.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Another major UN assessment, published on Tuesday as the summit opened, warned that migratory freshwater fish populations crucial to river health and sustaining the livelihoods of millions of people are in freefall and risk collapse.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

These long-distance migratory species are central to regional fisheries, making up about 93% of total landings and supporting an industry worth an estimated US$436 million each year.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

As well as providing enough food for 200 million people globally, he said migratory freshwater fish have immense diversity which needs protection.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Once in those early years he’d wakened in a barren wood and lay listening to flocks of migratory birds overhead in that bitter dark.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy