0 present participle of winter
1 (especially of a bird) to spend the winter in a particular place:
Reproductive and calf performance data were not significantly different among wintering treatments.
The wetland and its surrounding area is an important habitat for egrets and heron and an important wintering ground for many duck species.
During each wintering, tidal measurements would be made for many months, with comprehensive meteorological and astronomical observations.
A second wintering was under no circumstances to be allowed.
In the second period four summer expeditions and one wintering expedition worked on the island between 1963 and 1971.
During that period, it was occupied twice by wintering parties and regularly received summer personnel.
Selection and use of habitat of wintering migrants.
Adults remain inside their cocoons in a dormant stage throughout the wintering period.
