Manitoba Peregrines > McKenzie Seeds Peregrines
McKenzie Seeds - 2011 / Brooklyn & Hurricane
susha:
I agree bdbird! And technology allows us to be a part of it - so cool!
bcbird:
100km or more per day!
I always knew the birds travel great distances to get to their winter location, but when you give us these updates in real time, it gives me pause to think of the epic feat they do twice each year.
Migration is truly an amazing phenomenon.
Kinderchick:
That's amazing! Thanks for the update, TPC. So nice to hear where they are located. 8)
The Peregrine Chick:
For those who are keeping a map of the USA by their computer keyboards this migration season, the Brandon chicks are both in Arkansas at the moment though not together - one is just about at the Arkansas-Texas or Arkansas-Lousiana border. Sorry, I don't know which is which, just their general locations ...
Sorry, meant to add - straight line distance from Brandon to the middle of Arkansas (riough average for both birds) is 1780km. Looks like they left on September 20th so that is about 17 days of flying so averaged is about 100km/day - about the same distance, straight line from Winnipeg straight south to the US border, Brandon to the US border is about 90km straight line. They probably have actually travelled further than that in their wanderings and I don't know the exact start/end dates for these readings, but it does give us all a rough average for interest sake. It is likely that some days the birds flew more, others when they just hung out hunting or resting or avoiding poor weather.
RCF:
Hurricane on north side ledge of Scotia building today
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