Our two most recent intrepid travelers, Bar-tailed Godwits E5 and Z0, made changes in their courses since the last update. We last left E5 nearing Fiji but the bird took a turn and ended up stopping, at least for now, on the island of New Caledonia some 1600 km (1,000 mi) northwest of New Zealand. Z0, on the other hand, appears to have made a turn at the Marshall Islands and, as of yesterday, was passing south of the Soloman Islands heading in the direction of Queensland on the northeastern coast of Australia. Weather related? It would be interesting to know. . .

Updated maps are on the Pacific Shorebird Migration Project site.