Date: 8/25/25 1:09 am From: Michael Price via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Southbound Waterfowl Migration Underway (was: Ring-necked Duck)
Hi tweets
Now it's late summer, waterfowl have completed their full molt and are flightworthy again. Since they're done breeding, they're starting to head either south or out to the coast, or both. This likely accounts for the sudden appearance of these Ring-necked Ducks.
A sighting of five Green-winged Teal flying east low out over salt water past Jericho Park in Vancouver BC on Aug 21 is a bit early, but the dabblers are the first southbound ducks to arrive, then the lake and pond divers, then the sea ducks like scoters in October and November, and in Vancouver BC, GWTE is the first of them. The southbound waterfowl migration has begun, and the Great Wheel turns.
best wishes, m
Michael Price Vancouver BC Canada <loblollyboy...>
