Birds of prey are starting fires DELIBERATELY

[Duncan McCaskill <>]

A longer article by Bob Gosford on the subject is here: http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/2015/11/08/ornithogenic-fire-raptors-as-propagators-of-fire-in-the-australian-savanna/

Bob Gosford (https://twitter.com/bgosford) tweeted that this article in the Washington Post is the best piece in the mainstream media on his work: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/02/10/crafty-australian-birds-may-be-resorting-to-arson-to-smoke-out-their-prey/

The Daily Mail headline says the birds start fires. More correct to say they spread fires.

On 12 February 2016 at 08:06, kym bradley <> wrote:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3439042/Birds-prey-starting-fires-DELIBERATELY-Brown-falcon-dropped-smouldering-twigs-Australian-bush-smoke-mice-insects-say-researchers.html

Australia's birds of prey are starting bushfires ... www.dailymail.co.uk Birds of prey are suspected of deliberately starting fires to capture fleeing animals in the Australian Bush. No other animal apart from man has been recorded as ...