Tailing the Montagu's Harrier
Migrating Montagu’s harriers face a host of dangers, from changes in farming practices to illegal hunting in the Mediterranean. The key to saving this graceful raptor could lie in its little-known wintering range, the African Sahel. In 2014 a small team of researchers from the Dutch Montagu's Harrier Foundation travelled to Senegal to shed light on the birds' enigmatic wintering behavior with a cutting-edge tracking system.
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Every year, thousands of wildfires burn across the arid grasslands of the Sahel. Some fires are ignited by lightning strikes, but they are also actively used to convert land for agriculture. Here, a wildfire stretching several kilometers rushes across grassland near Khelcom, Senegal, driven by strong wind.
