Zugzeit

English translation: migratory season

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German term or phrase:Zugzeit
English translation:migratory season
Entered by: Steffen Walter

07:16 Jan 15, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Environment & Ecology / Ornithology
German term or phrase: Zugzeit
From an environmental impact study for an offshore wind energy project - the section dealing with seabirds.

In den *Zugzeiten* nutzt die Zwergmöwe die Küstengewässer Belgiens und der Niederlande. Die Autoren schätzen den wichtigsten Winterrastbestand im Ijsselmeer an der niederländischen Küste auf 4.500 Individuen
Jon Fedler
Local time: 09:17
migratory seasons
Explanation:
Salmon Farms to be Emptied during Migration Season

4 Oct 2007 ... Fall migration of butterflies and birds begin. How do butterflies and birds navigate and fly between summer breeding grounds and winter ...
whyfiles.org/006migration/ - 23k -

In cue-conflict experiments carried out during the migratory season, there was also an interesting asymmetry in the birds' response to magnetic fields ...
jeb.biologists.org/cgi/doi/10.1242/jeb.01960 -

Basically the migratory season goes from October to April. The climate is dry, fresh, and ideal for travels. Most birds from the Neartic region are moving ...
www.birdwatchingguatemala.com/documents/63.html - 21k
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franglish
Switzerland
Local time: 07:17
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3 +6migratory seasons
franglish
4 +1migration time
Yulia Saprykina
4migration period
Frosty


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
migration period


Explanation:
Birds moving from one part of the world to another!

Frosty
Local time: 07:17
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Native speaker of: English
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
migratory seasons


Explanation:
Salmon Farms to be Emptied during Migration Season

4 Oct 2007 ... Fall migration of butterflies and birds begin. How do butterflies and birds navigate and fly between summer breeding grounds and winter ...
whyfiles.org/006migration/ - 23k -

In cue-conflict experiments carried out during the migratory season, there was also an interesting asymmetry in the birds' response to magnetic fields ...
jeb.biologists.org/cgi/doi/10.1242/jeb.01960 -

Basically the migratory season goes from October to April. The climate is dry, fresh, and ideal for travels. Most birds from the Neartic region are moving ...
www.birdwatchingguatemala.com/documents/63.html - 21k

franglish
Switzerland
Local time: 07:17
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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Thanks to all anserers and supporters

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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
migration time


Explanation:
a limited period of time when some kinds of birds tend to migrate to warmer countries

Yulia Saprykina
Local time: 09:17
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Barbara Wiebking: As in http://www.birdingguide.com/migration/
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