[bcbirdclub] FW: [BIRDHAWK] Chilean Satellite-tagged tundra peregrine heading down the east coast?

From: "Bob" <bebirding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:42:56 -0400

Hi All,
The below site is a good place to see what is happening with a migrating
Peregrine Falcon out of Canada.  I find it amazing that Elizabetha decided
to fly 1,416 miles in two days to southern Florida.  But it is a very
interesting and educational web site (www.frg.org).  Those of you who are
watching migrating hawks the Northern Goshawks made a big appearance this
past weekend at the northern hawkwatch sites and one was spotted at Rockfish
Gap on October 18 this past Saturday.  

Bob(Bebirding)Riggs
Lebanon, VA

-----Original Message-----
From: BirdHawk - HMANA Hawk Watching Exchange
[mailto:BIRDHAWK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bud Anderson
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 7:17 PM
To: BIRDHAWK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [BIRDHAWK] Chilean Satellite-tagged tundra peregrine heading down
the east coast?

Hi there,
   One of our satellite-tagged adult female peregrines ("Elizabetha"),
banded in Chile on 22 January 2008, is heading south from Baffin Island
right now. Her transmitter was generously provided by Keith Bildstein at the
Acopian Center.
   She has been sort of dawdling along her way through the Ungava Peninsula
but started to move seriously two days ago. Last night, she roosted along
the north shoreline of the St. Lawrence NE of Quebec.
   It appears that today (Thursday) she will be heading for Maine and then
perhaps take the classic coastal migration route. If so, she will be passing
by several observation and banding stations along the way, perhaps all the
way south to the Curry Hammock crew in Florida.
   So I wanted to let people know that she may be heading your way. 
   My purpose for this e-mail is pretty simple. I think that it would be
really cool if somebody saw her on her migration back to Chile. She has an
antenna extending at a 45 degree angle up from her back and should be pretty
easy to identify.
   To follow her progress, go to www.frg.org, click on Field Research, go to
Southern Cross Peregrine Project, select "tracking maps" and then
Elizabetha. Scroll down to her map to follow her progress from the previous
day before and see where she roosted the night before. That way, you'll know
about when and where to expect her.
   Good luck and thanks for your help,

Bud Anderson
Falcon Research Group
Box 248
Bow, WA  98232 USA
(360) 757-1911 (office)
(206) 962-7838 (cell)
bud@xxxxxxx

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