Comarty funked the direct Saharan crossing and turned west towards the coast. Last night he roosted 10km from the coast and this morning he flew west and then north up the Atlantic Ocean coast. At 12.30GMT he flew over the coastal fishmarket of Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania. His flight was leisurely at 24kph and an altitude of 5o metres, and by late afternoon he turned inland to roost south of Jreida. This is going to be a long migraton unless he hurries up.
May 18th
