Harper is an adult female Great Blue Heron tagged with a GPS transmitter by biologists this past May in Harpswell, Maine. She spent the summer in northern New Brunswick, Canada, and departed on her southward migration on October 3rd at 5:30pm.

She flew directly south to Saint John, New Brunswick, and rested and refueled for 13 hours before taking off for a long journey over the Atlantic Ocean. Her next landfall was on October 6th at 4:10am in Nocatee, Florida.

She flew nonstop for 38.6 hours over the open ocean! Over the last day and a half she has leisurely (for her) made her way south to DeBary, Florida.

Will she stay in Florida for the winter, or continue past the North American mainland?

To follow her movements on movebank.org (typically updated at 6pm each night), follow the instructions here: https://www1.maine.gov/wordpress/ifwheron/tracking-project/1-2/.