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Hope
Whimbrel Tracking in the Americas
A project of The Center for Conservation Biology.
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Species: Whimbrel
Life Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Release Date: 2009-05-19 00:00:00
Release Location: Eastern Shore of Virginia, USA
Last Location: 2010-09-07 01:53:32
Background
Hope the Whimbrel was named after Hope Creek near the salt marsh where she was captured on in coastal Virginia. She was banded with green leg flag “AYY” in spring 2009. After release, she flew north to the James Bay then continued northwest to spend the summer on the Mackenzie River delta near the Beaufort Sea. In late summer 2009, she flew southeast through the Hudson Bay to Maine and then out over the Atlantic Ocean. She made landfall on the Caribbean island of St Croix after a 5,700 km flight that took 100 hours.