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The Blue-winged Teal is an early migratory bird. They are among the first birds to migrate South for the Winter and one of the last to migrate North in the Spring.
Click below for more information on the flight surey of the Blue-winged Teal and other birds.
Biological Flyway Map
This map shows the four main flyways that ducks use to migrate.
Flight Tracker Migration Map
This map shows that Blue-winged Teals spend their summers in northern parts of the Midwest and their winters mainly in Luisiana. They don't often make many long stops during their migration flights.
Over the past 100 years, in order to better understand them, scientists have caught, banded, examined, and released many birds. Per year, an average of 1.2 million birds are banded. Banding is an important part of waterfowl management, including conservation acts, hunting regulations, and discovering annual migrations. Around 1920, The American Bird Banding Association was formed to help organize data being brought in by scientists and bird enthusiasts in Canada and the U.S. Using a satellite transmitter is the most effective way to track a banded bird. Characters, numbers, and where the band is placed are all part of a code for identifying individual birds. In order to handle migratory birds, a bird banding permit is required. When a bird band is recovered, a toll free number on the band is called reporting how, when, and where the bird was recovered. Though much is still unknown about birds, each band gets them one step closer to understanding them and their behavior.