A flyway is a pathway used by migratory birds and insects. Birds tend to take predictable routes to get from the winter feeding grounds to the summer breeding grounds and back. Flyways usually occur along coastlines, major rivers and near mountains. Conservationists can help threatened bird and butterfly populations by protecting habitat along major migratory flyways.
Flyways are important to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act(click here) makes it illegal for anyone to take, possess, import, export, transport, sell, purchase, barter, or offer for sale, purchase, or barter, any migratory bird, or the parts, nests, or eggs of such a bird except under the terms of a valid permit issued pursuant to Federal regulations....
