Sparrow King in Nicaragua

Sparrow King continued his migration through Central America over the last two days. He flew south out of Belize and traversed across the forested uplands of Honduras. Looks like he may have passed close to the capitol city of Tegucigalpa. I followed much the same route last year. The country is verdant, heavily forested and mountainous along this route.

He then entered into Nicaragua, passing through the drier scrublands of the highland country. He roosted in the hills above the main highway near the town of Ciudad Dario in the subtropical Valle de Sebaco. I passed along this same road last year and was within 5 miles of his roost site. Looks like he may have slept in a tree in a small side valley. Lots of apparent cattle tracks in the adjacent pastures.

In the past two days he's flown 556 km (346 mi)and slept about 75 km north of Managua.

I expect that he will be passing by Lake Nicaragua today.