27 October, 2008

Elizabetha Still Messing About In Florida

After roosting on the Marquesas Keys, Elizabetha headed back east and spent the night on Woman Key, one of the southernmost islands in the archipelago.

The next day, she made her bid for Cuba, but after flying south for 71 km (44 miles) over the ocean, she decided to return to Florida. Don suggests the weather may have had something to do with that.

She arrived in the town of Key West and roosted right at the southwest end of the city in Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park. Looks like she slept right at the northern edge of the forested point of the Park, overlooking the Fort. Lots of photos on Google Earth, including some of the "Southernmost Point in the Continental US" marker.

Very cool.