Elizabetha Follows Coastline Into Colombia

Yesterday, Elizabetha continued to work her way NE up the coast of Ecuador. She eventually flew past the city of Esmeraldas before crossing the border into Colombia. She covered 221 km (137 miles) for the day, cruising through the intense tropical climate and habitat that exist there.

She put in for the night 27 km (17 miles) inland from the village of Tumaco, the southernmost coastal town in Colombia.

From a nearby GE blue rectangle photo of a trout farm (!), it looks like she roosted in a forested area of low hills. She was just inland from an extensive region of coastal mangroves (manglares)with an abundance of salt water bays and channels. As we have seen, this type of habitat is quite typical of coastal Colombia.

And, once again, we are seeing that this route is of major importance to northern peregrines migrating up from South America.