Island Girl Sets Altitude Record in Peru

Island Girl is now travelling on a NW bearing and continues to follow the broad valleys along the crest of the Andes Mountains. She is about half-way between the Amazon Basin and the Pacific Ocean. Her position at last signal was about 34 km (21 miles) SW of the city of Huancavellica.

She covered 334 km (208 miles) yesterday which is pretty impressive for a falcon migrating through the thin air at well over 10,000 feet.

And last night, if we can rely on the elevation data from Google Earth, she broke the record for a high altitude roosting site for peregrines. She chose to sleep on the shoulder of a mountain at 16, 302 feet, breaking the last record held by Linda two years ago at just under 16,000 feet.

There are some blue square pictures taken near her roost site on Google Earth.