Elizabetha Remaining at Ungava Bay in northern Quebec

Elizabetha is behaving in a very similar manner to our other adult female tundra peregrine, Linda, from last year. She remains in the north as the fall progresses, the days get shorter and the temperature getting colder. Obviously , there is still prey for her to catch and the instinct to migrate south has not kicked into high gear as yet.

There must be some obvious reasons for her to stay. Pretty interesting stuff as one of our many preconceived notions in the past has been that all the adult peregrines migrate out of the arctic first and that they go fast. Some do but now we know that some don't.

It would be really interesting to be able to observe her and see exactly what she is doing up there along that salt-water shoreline so late in the season. Picking off migrant passerines crossing over from Baffin? Nailing ducks?

In comparison, Veracruz reported that at least 23 peregrines passed by their count sites yesterday. They have a total of 375 for the fall season thus far.