Across
- 3. method used to track bird population movements by placing a band on a foot or around neck of a bird
- 4. destroying something completely
- 5. providing a motivation, often financial
- 8. large aquatic birds
- 10. naturally belonging
- 12. in an unsystematic and unregulated manner
- 15. continued possession
- 16. strategy used to return land to a productive habitat after it has been converted or degraded
- 17. administrative management units for waterfowl in North America
- 18. energy required for maintaining biological processes in an organism
- 20. mating pair
- 21. dead vegetation remaining after harvest
- 22. group of hatched offspring
- 23. classification of animal which is not hunted for sport
- 24. temporary migratory habitats
- 25. upcoming flight path, assuming current patterns
Down
- 1. lease to ensure landowners are compensated for maintaining the habitat is suitable for waterfowl
- 2. hardware and software used to map and analyze data connected to geographic areas
- 6. animals which feed on insects
- 7. not having enough
- 9. obtaining possession
- 11. deterioration
- 13. number of organisms a specified area is able to support
- 14. Birds birds with long, soft feathers
- 19. survey conducted by Fish and Wildlife Survey annually to determine productivity of a species in a population by identifying waterfowl parts