Thursday, September 11, 2014

A snapshot at summer's end

A snapshot of the locations of seven satellite-tagged Swallow-tailed Kites on their southbound migration. 

PearlMS has lingered in the floodplain of Louisiana’s Atchafalaya River for 7 days.  He spent most of his pre-migration on the Pearl River.

Pace is stopping over in the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve of Quintana Roo, Mexico.

Bluff crossed from Nicaragua into Costa Rica, staying close to the Caribbean shoreline.

Gulf Hammock is 150 miles south of Bluff near the Caribbean coast of Panama.


Palmetto, Day and MIA have safely crossed the Andes and are making their way southeastward through the headwaters of the Amazon.