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Migration

Resident to long-distance migrant. Complex migration patterns depend on age, breeding location, and food availability. Northern adults begin fall migration when lakes and rivers freeze, usually migrating coastward or to open water. They return to breeding grounds when weather and food permit, usually January–March.

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