Wiktionary:Word of the day/2021/October 8

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Word of the day
for October 8
bird of passage n
  1. (ornithology) A migratory bird, especially a passage migrant (“a bird that stops somewhere for a short time during a seasonal migration”).
  2. (figuratively) Someone passing through a place and only staying for a short time; an itinerant.

Today is the eve of the second Saturday of October in 2021, which is the second of the two World Migratory Bird Days in the year. These days were established by the Secretariats of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds and the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals to highlight the importance of protecting migratory birds and their habitats.

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