Bridger - 2013
'09 maps for: Bea -- Buck -- Caley -- Claws -- Conomo -- Hix -- Hudson 09 -- Isabel -- Katy -- L.R. --
Moffet -- Mr. Hannah -- Ozzie -- Penelope -- Rafael
2010 maps for: Belle -- Buck -- Gunny -- Hudson -- Mr. Hannah -- Neale -- North Fork Bob -- Penelope -- Sanford -- Sr. Bones -- Thatch
2011 maps: Belle -- Buck -- Henrietta -- Katbird -- North Fork Bob -- Pemi -- Saco -- Sanford -- Sr. Bones -- Snowy -- Thatch -- Tucker
2012 maps: Art -- Belle -- Bridger -- Chip -- Cutch -- Jill -- North Fork Bob -- Rammie -- Snowy -- Sr. Bones -- Thatch
2013 maps: Art -- Belle -- Bridger -- DJ -- Donovan -- Edwin -- Icarius -- Mackenzie -- Nick -- North Fork Bob --
Quin -- Rammie -- Rodney -- Ron -- Snowy -- Sr. Bones -- Tango -- Woody
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	Heading home! Bridger left his winter home in the Pantanal on March 6th. For the next 9 days he was a migrating machine. In 9 days he covered 1,366 miles (2,199 km), averaging (with little day-to-day variation) 150 miles (244 km) per day.      And then 9 days later he found another cell tower in Bolivia. That's when he sent us most of the data since we last heard from him back in October. April 4 Update: We haven't heard from him in about 3 weeks, so we're anxious about his well being. He may have a malfunctioning transmitter (not often we wish for that!), or he may be dead. We're keeping an eye on his nest to see if he shows up or if other males are trying to take over his territory. His mate is already back.
	5 Mar 2013 - We didn't find out where Bridger spent the winter until he found a cell tower on his way north up along the Brazil-Colombia border on March 15th. We may or may not fill in the gaps in his southern track.
`	Winter 2012-13 -We don't know when Bridger arrived at his wintering grounds in the Pantanal, but it was probably around Nov. 6th.
	Winter 2012-13 - Here's Bridger's core area outlined in red. During the 4 months he spent here, he used an area of only about 6 square miles (15 km^2).      This is clearly a great spot for an Osprey--lots of good fishing holes. It is pretty far south, however, so most Ospreys don't get this far down the continent, although some migration overachievers do go as far as Argentina.
	The Pantanal is one of the world's largest tropical wetlands with an area of somewhere between 140,000 and 195,000 square kilometers (54,000 and 75,000 sq mi). Most of it is in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso ("Thick Woods") do Sul, but it extends up into Mato Grosso (where Bridger was) and over into Bolivia and Paraguay.     If you ever have a chance to go there on a nature tour, do it! It is bird-watching paradise. Tons of big waterbirds, Hyacinth Macaws, lots of big mammals, and a lifetime supply of caiman sightings.
	Heading home! Bridger left his winter home in the Pantanal on March 6th. For the next 9 days he was a migrating machine. In 9 days he covered 1,366 miles (2,199 km), averaging (with little day-to-day variation) 150 miles (244 km) per day.