migration

Migration! By: Luke Egan, Mark Gregory and Andrew Farmer [] Birds Migrate to many different places around the world. Most North American birds go to Florida, Central America or South America.

=== Birds migrate by flying to a warm place and staying there all winter long. Birds migrate from a Northern climate to a Southern climate because of a lack of food. In the spring, they fly back to where they migrated from. This journey takes a lot of energy and birds find a way to keep their energy up by eating lots of food, gliding as much as possible and using thermals and updrafts. Thermals and updraft are a type of wind pattern. Thermals are caused when air hits a hot surface and causes the air to spiral upward. These are mainly used for gliding in circles while looking for prey. Updrafts are when air hits a rounded surface, like a hill, the wind rolls up off of it and pushes forward. This is mainly used for a steady glide forward. ===

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= = = = = = =There are many migrants that fly over hawk mountain, in September November and October. When they migrate its because they have to leave their home town to the south to have a surplus of food to keep them alive the whole winter until spring comes. It is very important that a bird gets to somewhere warm and with an abundance of food because where they normally live, food is scarce and it is very cold. =



=In 1939 men would go to the top of hawk mountain shot migrating birds while they were flying by. And then the men would just walk away with a bunch of dead birds on the ground without them even caring. Birds started to become endangered and were dying out because of the hunters. Thats why a women called Rose who bought acres of hawk mountain and made it a free bird shooting zone. Now it is the law to shoot birds in America. = = =

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**shooting the birds. All this led to a law making it illegal to shoot migratory birds in America.**
= =  Before the Team up of Rosalie Edge, Richard Pough and the Brouns After the team up of Rosalie Edge, Richard Pough and the Brouns Dear Viewers,  One day at the beach, I saw a flock of hundreds of seagulls migrating. It was an amazing experience and I will never forget it. Sincerely, Luke