Island Girl Hugs the Andean Foothill Route

Island Girl, in contrast to Elizabetha, is following our recently discovered line along the western front of the Andean foothills. She covered 188 km (117 miles) yesterday.

Seems like she has managed to avoid the desert and its lack of food in this manner. Her GPS locations really show how tightly she has hugged this line, a route that was also used by other tagged birds in the past.

She is leaving the desert behind soon and will be entering the tropical forests of Ecuador, perhaps today.

Last night, she roosted on a dry mountain top, right below some sort of a trail. This mini-range is nearly surrounded by extensive low-lying agricultural areas, all supplied with water from a large river passing below her site. This area is undoubtedly filled with bird life.

Her roost is located about 66 km (42 miles) almost due east of the town of Piura.