Elizabetha Crosses Hudson Strait En Route South

Here is the latest report from Don McCall...

"Elizabetha has crossed Hudson Strait (the body of water separating Baffin Island from the mainland) and is now in northern Quebec; she flew 251 km (156 mi) yesterday, and interestingly travelled mostly west for the crossing instead of south, which would seem to be a more obvious direction for her to take. Perhaps this gives a clue as to the route she'll be taking while crossing the U.S., or maybe it's weather related; her battery has weakened to the point where we obtained Doppler fixes for last night and this morning but no GPS fixes."

The data for Sparrow King is due in tomorrow. Still no word from Fireball although we anticipate that he is still moving south.

We have sent the numbers for all of our satellite transmitters (both working and not) to the team of peregrine banders lead by Gregg Doney at South Padre Island in Texas. They will be following the migrations of each tagged bird as the fall progresses. Their project runs from 25 September through 25 October. There is always a slim possibility that the team might see one of these birds (plus other migrant arctic birds tagged by either Alastair Franke at Rankin Inlet or Geoff Holroyd at Edmonton in Canada) during their surveys.

In fact, we are interested in any sightings of these tagged peregrines from anywhere along the migration. Unlikely as it may be, if you sight one of these birds, please let us know. I can be reached at bud@frg.org. Thanks.