Firehawks: Australia’s Birds That Set Wildfires to Drive Prey
Australia’s native people have long described raptors carrying fire to start new fires. In tropical savannas of northern Australia, these “firehawks” – birds including Black Kites, Whistling Kites, and Brown Falcons – patrol near bushfires and at times pick up smoldering sticks that they drop later in green grass. Scientists have now confirmed this remarkable […]
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