Charlie Blog

April 7 ~ After a 2nd night in a row on Miller Pond in Waterford, Charlie returned to Fishers Island. In the early morning Charlie headed south to the Niantic River area. He made a brief stop at Banning Cove, then made a couple of trips further south, first to Smith Cove and back to

Around 7 Am on April 4 Charlie headed from a Waterford home to Banning Cove in East Lyme and remained in the area for the rest of the morning. After noon, he first headed southwest to Gorton Pond, then east across the Niantic River to briefly follow Nevins Brook in Waterford before heading to Fishers

April 3, First Full Day Back: Charlie visited the nest at the West End Transfer Station around 7 a.m., then headed to Mumford Cove in Groton and was back at the nest by 8:30 a.m. He spent the rest of the morning between the nest and Hay Harbor. After noon, he headed back to Groton,

On April 2nd, Charlie flew all the way from the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, through New Jersey, New York and along the Connecticut shoreline to return to Fishers Island shortly after 8 p.m. He spent his first night back at Hay Harbor. April 2 ~ Hay Harbor  

On April 1, Charlie had continued his migration north leaving Virginia and reached Maryland mid day. He stopped briefly at Piney Branch Stream, then continued to the West River (a tidal tributary of Chesapeake Bay) for the night. On April 2, he continued northeast through New Jersey and New York to reach Connecticut in the

On his 13th day of migration (March 30) Charlie reached South Carolina, then passed through North Carolina on his 14th day to reach Virginia (March 31). He then continued north on his 15th day and reached Maryland (April 1). [raw] [one_third] March 30 ~ South Carolina [/one_third] [one_third] March 31 ~ Virginia

On March 28, Charlie spent the evening among small lakes near the Flint River in the Bainbridge area of southern Georgia. On his 12th day of migration (March 29), he headed further north in Georgia to Lake Sinclair just north of Milledgeville. [raw] [one_half] March 28 ~ Southern Georgia [/one_half] [one_half last]

By his 11th day of migration, Charlie reached Georgia by way of the Yucatan Peninsula, Gulf of Mexico, and Florida.

On (Day 6 - 3/23) of Charlie's migration, he left Nicaragua and reached Honduras. (Day 7 - 3/24) he continued northwest to Guatemala, and on (Day 8 - 3/25) Charlie had reached the Yucatan Peninsula in southeastern Mexico. [raw] [one_third] March 23 ~ Honduras [/one_third] [one_third] March 24 ~ Guatemala [/one_third]

3/23/15    After Charlie's last data file showed that he might be heading back north after a brief trip south in Colombia, we had thought he was going to eventually migrate north via the usual route across that Caribbean. His latest data tracking, however, showed that he turned back around and continued south and then west