Sooty Falcon cam, Red Sea

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CarnyxWild (run by Peter Dobson, who covered Loch Garten Ospreys for so many years and still does Clywedog and has a number of interesting cams including sea birds)... have recently set up this cam somewhere in Arabia.  I shouldn't be covering this on a daily basis, but we'll see how disciplined I can be.

The Sooty Falcon's features are similar to those of a Peregrine but not the plumage.  I see that the wiki compares it more to a Hobby.  Some of the vocals are much trillier and chirpier than Peregrines', IMHO.

26 August

Adjusting the cam, with parents protesting in the background:

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01 Sep

Breakfast - only a few feathers drifting as evidence, until Mama takes it into the scrape - but it's rather dark in there:

04 September

A preen right up to the cam, but out of focus:

07 September

Bits 'n pieces:

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