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The Basics of Bird Migration: How, Why, and Where
Originally published January 2007; updated August 2021. Geese winging their way south in wrinkled V-shaped flocks is perhaps the classic picture of migration—the annual, large-scale movement of birds between their breeding (summer) homes and their nonbreeding (winter) grounds. But geese are far