LadyFluffyOrcaMar 14, 2023

Incredible. A female falcon was equipped with a satellite tracking system in South Africa before migrating to Finland. Image shows tracker data. In just 42 days she flew over 10.000km at an incredible average of 230 km per day and almost in a straight line.

📷via reddit@ChemBioJ

Show threadKarmaWaters
@weaniejeanie53 that's amazing, at the risk of being a bit geeky do you know what sort of falcon it was?
Mar 14, 2023 at 9:57amWeb
Show threadLadyFluffyOrcaMar 14, 2023
@KarmaWaters no it didn’t say, I’ve googled it and none say which type it was but I did find a story where it was a European honey buzzard not a falcon https://www.lizatlancaster.co.za/blog/from-reitz-south-africa-to-vesilahti-finland-230-km-a-day-not-bad-for-a-3-4-kg-bird
Not the 10,000 hours but 10,000 km .... and all in 42 days | Liz at Lancaster Guest House Blog

Researching the migration of European Honey Buzzards  Back in 2016 we had a guest stay from Novia University of Applied Sciences in Ekenäs, Finland. On his first morning at breakfast overlooking the birdfeeders in the garden, I saw his binoculars on his table and launched into an enthusiastic conversation (rather one-sided) about our local garden […]

Liz at Lancaster Guest House Blog
Show threadKarmaWatersMar 14, 2023
@weaniejeanie53 snap! I think I've just replied withe same article
Show threadKarmaWatersMar 14, 2023
@weaniejeanie53 I've found it a European Honey Buzzard https://www.iol.co.za/news/environment/follow-this-birds-great-migration-from-the-free-state-to-finland-in-42-days-4b37a3ad-30e6-4f1e-87cc-577b6826f006
Follow this bird's great migration: From the Free State to Finland in 42 days

Researchers fitted a GPS tracking device onto a European honey buzzard and were quite surprised to find just how far the bird flew over its seasonal migrations.

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