Links: Previous map for Comet -- Next map for Comet
Maps for: Conanicus -- Della -- Erica -- Homer -- Jaws -- Lew -- Moshup
Birds of Prey page -- Osprey main page -- Migration page -- Home Page

11 Sept 06: Comet is on the move. He left home sometime on the 8th and flew at least 238 mi (383 km) to south central NJ. Sometime on the 9th he flew across Delaware Bay and landed in southeastern DE, quite close to the nests of our Delaware birds (Della, Erica, and Lew). At this time, both Lew and Della are far to the south, but Erica is still around her nest. It looks like Comet stopped on a river that feeds into Rehobeth Bay. On the 10th (when his radio was off) he flew 172 mi (277 km) south, crossing Chesapeake Bay and settling down for the night on the shores of Albemarle Sound, NC. In just three days, he has flown 498 mi (801 km), averaging 166 miles/day.       Our Vineyard bird, Moshup, is still in RI and my $20 that he would beat Comet to Cuba seems to be at risk, to put it mildly.

Birds of Prey page -- Osprey main page -- Migration page -- Home Page