Belle - The fourth migration, 2014-2015
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This is the track for Belle's fourth migration to Brazil in 2014 and his return in 2015.
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Move the gray rectangular slider at the bottom of the interactive map to animate Belle's movements.You can zoom in and out and move the map around. Hover the cursor over "Satellite" in the upper left and click the box for "Labels." Notes: As you move the time slider at the bottom of the map, you cam click on the green dot for location details.
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Details:
Fall departure: 19 September, arrival 22 October. 34 days in transit. He made his annual pit stop at Lake Azuei in Haiti on the way south this cycle and skipped it on the way north.
Winter range was identical to last year, moving back and forth from the south bank of the Rio Madeira to a lake just a few miles from the river.
Spring return: 8 March, arrival 4 April. 28 days on the wing. This was his earliest spring departure and almost five weeks earlier than his first spring departure back in 2012.
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