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Surprise Route
Two migrating falcons, whose usual summer residence is the island of Tagomago,
have surprised bird watchers by taking a more direct route south than at first had been thought.
The falcons were tagged this summer in an attempt to record their flight path
during their winter migration south to warmer climes.
It was previously thought the birds kept closer to the water, hugging the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and eventually the Indian Ocean until their arrival at their winter hideaway in Madagascar.
However, watchers have been surprised to see the birds taking a much more direct route,
which meant crossing the Sahara Desert, Niger and Chad.
The route will signify the birds crossing the breadth of Africa,
a far more direct route than was at first thought.
The migration continued this week.
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(ibiza-sun)
