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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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Central Flyway

MT · ND · SD · NE · KS · OK · TX · Prairie Potholes → TX Panhandle

The duck factory and the highway out of it. Pothole-hatched birds funnel down the plains ahead of each front — teal in September, mallards on the December freeze, snows both directions.

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High Temp
S 14
Wind
24
Quiet
Temperature vs Migration Index
High °F
Migration %
7-day trend — temps easing, migration index at 24% and climbing.
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Today
Front Watch
Weak front Thu — first teal mover
The Fingerprint
Front-driven and fast-moving: blue-wing September, big-duck November–December, and the spring light-goose reverse migration up the middle.
Seasons & Limits
Early Teal
Sep 12 – 27 · 6/day
Ducks
Oct 10 – Jan 19 · 6/day
Dark Geese
Sep 26 – Feb 14
Light Geese
Oct 31 – Feb 14 + Conservation Order Feb 15 – Apr 30
HIP + federal stamp · conservation order: no plugs, e-callers legal
Flight Chart — Central Flyway
Flyway-specific intensity: these birds, this corridor. Click a bird for its full profile.
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