Sparrow King

Don McCall writes....
"Sparrow King is pulling a bit of a surprise today. Rather than follow the usual route through Panama (or over the Gulf of Panama) to get from Central America to South America, he has apparently headed directly southeast over the Pacific Ocean from Costa Rica, headed directly for the west coast of Colombia. As of about an hour and a half ago, he had flown 470 km (292 mi) and had approximately 325 km (200 miles) farther to go to reach land."

Looking at his route, he seems to have flown parallel to the coastline of Costa Rica, eventually entering into Panama offshore of the mainland at the border peninsula (Punta Burica) of the two countries. His line continues down this track passing through the Gulf of Chiriqui. He probably kept within sight of land for this leg of his trip.

He eventually flew by the famous National Park on Isla de Coiba and Isla Jicaron offshore of the Peninsula de las Palmas.

From there, he continued on a SE bearing heading out over the open ocean, apparently en route to Colombia as Don has pointed out.

He passed by the Peninsula de Azuero region where our adult female peregrine, Linda, was hit by a vehicle last year.

At last signal, he was 103 km (64 miles) offshore still heading to the SE. This route is very direct and saves much time and distance by avoiding the mainland pathway through Panama City and the Canal Zone area.