Elizabetha in Maine

As expected (for once), Elizabetha did a straight shot south from the St. Lawrence River yesterday, flew into Maine and roosted on the shores of Moosehead Lake. She put into a conifer grove near the shoreline of a small inlet for the night.

She appears to be heading for the Atlantic coastline and, if she follows her current heading, may arrive there by tonight (Saturday).

She flew a total of 326 km (203 miles) yesterday, so she is definitely on the move now.

Contrast her behavior with a report from our peregrine colleague and friend in Lima, Peru, Oscar Beingolea, who reports his first sighting of a tundra bird in Lima yesterday. This sighting took place around 12 degrees south latitude and is traditionally right on time for the arrival of the first tundra peregrines in that part of the world.