Sparrow King Now in Florida

Friday morning we received signals from Sparrow King indicating that he has continued to cross through the southeastern US. Over the previous two days, he flew south for another 500 km (311 mi). So yesterday morning, he was in north-central Florida. He apparently flew through (or close to) Jacksonville.

His next signals are due on Sunday morning.

It looks like he has again selected the trans-Gulf route to South America. This year, he is moving through Florida quite a bit earlier than in 2007.

Last year, he left the Florida coast around 21 October, 10 days later than this year. He was in Cuba on 24 October and jumped to the coastline of Central America by 26 October. We picked him up on the coast of Honduras on that day.

Will he repeat this route again this year?