Sparrow King Crosses Equator

After only 10 days of migration, Sparrow King has already entered into both the tropics and the northern hemisphere.

Over the last two days, he has really moved fast and far, traveling a distance of 968 km (602 miles). He left Peru and has now crossed over most of Ecuador.

Last night, he was in the hills near Esmeraldas, a town on the northern coast of the country. He has definitely left the arid deserts far behind and is in deep tropical habitat.

It is going to be most interesting to see if he displays the typical "equatorial slowdown" that we have noted among the tagged migrant peregrines in the past.

Also, since we only get signals from his transmitter every two days, we can't be sure whether he crossed the Gulf of Guayaquil this year.

At any rate, he should fly into Colombia today.