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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Early June

130393 and Ivato continue to stay away from breeding areas, and both have moved south and west since the last transmission cycle. 130393 is currently located west of Lake Tana in Ethiopia, and Ivato is currently WSW of there near Al-Damezin, the capital of Blue Nile Province, Sudan.  We speculate that the reason for this is that these areas have prey for them (and the breeding areas have relatively little).  When one looks at the satellite images for these areas, they appear to be laced with the rivers of the Ethiopian Highlands and the headwaters of the Nile.  Perhaps insects are in abundance.
Locations in early June of sooty falcons tagged with satellite transmitters.

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