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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Scientists Steve Augiron (France) and Almut Schlaich (Germany) set a mist net to capture Montagu's harriers in order to fit them with GPS-loggers. The harriers are enticed to dive at it by placing a large model owl behind the net (photos of harriers diving at owl available). Khelcom, Senegal.
