Elizabetha Moving Across the Andean Front

Elizabetha is continuing to take her time moving south. We are all impressed with her unexpectedly slow rate of travel as we had expected her to have arrived in Chile by now. But then, that is the value of a satellite transmitter. We are constantly learning new things about peregrine migration.

Yesterday, she finally crossed the equator and roosted 2.6 km (1.6 miles) south of the line. Looks like she chose to sleep on a forested hillside overlooking a river.

She also moved down in elevation and may be approaching the central valley of Ecuador, a tropical corridor of both forest and agricultural fields. Perhaps she is choosing out of the high Andes route. We should know by tomorrow.

She was nearly even with Quito in latitude.

I'd like to say hello to Bob Szuszkowski and all of his 5th grade students at Ironia School in Randolph, NJ, who are closely following Elizabetha's migration south. We are happy to be sharing her adventure with you and learning about falcon migration together. Enjoy!