Two sooty falcons in Madagascar.

On 21 December, ديماني Daymani made the jump and crossed the Mozambique Strait to Madagascar.  This is about 15 days after فحل Fahal made the crossing,  Both are now in western Madagascar. and appear to be making their way south.  ديماني Daymani is now in the same area visited by فحل  Fahal 5 days earlier. فحل  Fahal in now south of Morandava.

ديماني Daymani was transmitting during part of the ocean crossing, and on average he travelled at 43.6 km/hr.

Locations of two sooty falcons during the two weeks prior to 23 December 2014.

Baobab trees and zebu near Morandava

Fahal in Madagascar, Daymani nearly so

Sometime during 4-6 December, Fahal فحل crossed the Mozambique Straits to Madagascar.  She is currently about 40 km NW of the capital, Antananarivo.

130393 (Daymani ديماني ) is located just inland from the coastal town of Moma, Mozambique, and heading SE.

Movements of Fahal and Daymani during 20 November-10 December 2014.

Heading south

Two sooty falcons continue to push toward Madagascar,  Daymani ديماني, a juvenile bird, is located in southern Tanzania about 70 km north of Lake Malawi near the town of Makambuko, and is heading SE toward the coast.  Fahal فحل, an adult, reached the Mozambique coast just across from Madagascar, but then turned north and is currently just inside the Tanzania border near the town of Mtwara.   The route taken last year by our tracked bird was very similar.  Click here to see the movements of that bird in late December 2013.  Below is an aerial photo of Mtwara.

Mtwara from the air.