Looks like Mexico is the in place to hang out for peregrines right now ....
Peregrine counts at Veracruz for this migration period is 848 as of the 18th of October.
As of the 19th of October further south at a hawk migration site in Panama, only 64 peregrines have been observed. I do know that often raptors cross to Colombia south of Panama City, so maybe this is just a good year for that route.
Looks like our kids go to Mexico then work their way back to Texas early in the New Year. Perhaps anatum birds that nest further south go further south and vice versa. It will be interesting to see what the final counts for the season are though.
Interestingly Island Girl is still hanging out in Limon, Costa Rica, so its possible even many of the tundra birds haven't gone through the Panama site yet. Looking at her 2011 migration, she was in Limon on the 19th last year too. And even though she is only half-way through her migration, she will likely be at her summer home in a month or less - last year she was home by November 12th.
