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Every flyway has a migration fingerprint — the birds it carries, when they push, and the weather that moves them. Learn the birds, watch the fronts, and be set up when the flight hits.

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Atlantic Flyway

ME · NY · PA · MD · VA · NC · SC · St. Lawrence → Chesapeake Bay

Saltmarsh, tidal rivers, and four hundred years of gunning history. The Chesapeake is the anchor — buffleheads and bluebills on the bay, woodies in every beaver swamp, September honkers in every hayfield.

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High Temp
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Wind
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Quiet
Temperature vs Migration Index
High °F
Migration %
7-day trend — temps easing, migration index at 10% and climbing.
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Front Watch
Coastal trough Fri — light movement
The Fingerprint
Goose-forward and diver-rich: resident Canadas open September, sea ducks and buffleheads own the winter bay, puddlers thread the tidal creeks.
Seasons & Limits
Early Resident Canada
Sep 1 – 25 · 15/day
Ducks
Oct 7 – Jan 31 (3 splits) · 6/day
Sea Ducks
Nov 10 – Jan 31 · special zone
Snows
Oct – Apr incl. conservation order
HIP + federal stamp · Chesapeake blind laws vary by county
Flight Chart — Atlantic Flyway
Flyway-specific intensity: these birds, this corridor. Click a bird for its full profile.
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