MALASPINA September 8, 9, 10th, 2014.-Into the desert.

Malaspina is in Algeria, the largest country in Africa. She is flying over the ecoregion called northern Sahara steppe, according to WWF. It is a transition zone between the Mediterranean and the desert.
On the 10th she goes into the great desert of Sahara, in Bechar. The Sahara is one of the regions with the most severe weather with strong winds causing desert sandstorms.

Today she has to sleep in the floor-level as there is no vegetation around.
These are being difficult days for our young osprey. In these three days she had traveled more than 750 kilometers without stopping. It should also be noted that the thermal contrast in these regions is very large, with temperatures hovering around 45 ° C while the minimum can touch 19 ° C.