Sparky On The Move!

Looks like Sparrow King started moving either yesterday or the day before, we can't be certain as we receive his signals every two days. At any rate, he is moving hard and has almost reached James Bay already!

Don writes...."Sparrow King has begun his southern migration with quite a jump. A stream of Doppler fixes for Sparrow King was received today and show that in the past two days he has already travelled 1034 km (643 miles) since leaving Baffin Island; this year he is flying down the east side of Hudson Bay and has nearly reached James Bay, its southern-most extension.

His exact time of departure cannot be ascertained but was probably sometime Wednesday (01 Oct); his first fix today at 09:24 (local) was 665 km (413 mi) from his departure point, and he travelled an additional 369 km (230 mi) today between 09:24 and 14:50 (local). His average speed just for today has been 68 kph (42 mph)."

So all three of our tagged birds are now moving south at this time.