The record-breaking heat waves that have killed dozens of people in the West Coast last month have also had a dire impact on the region's bird population, particularly its youngest members.
Wildlife groups say climate change will make the problem worse.in the West Coast last month have also had a dire impact on the region's bird population, particularly its youngest members.
Compton said her office received triple the amount of calls of injured and separated baby birds and patients than last summer, with 60 patients at the end of June alone.The patients suffered severe head trauma and other fractures, she said. Other birds have showed signs of overheating, such as mouth breathing and longer sleep periods, according to Compton.
And it's not just the birds that are feeling the heat. Compton said she treated a golden mantle ground squirrel that suffered burns from the heat last weekend. Liz Hadly, a senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University, told ABC News that nesting seasons tend to align with times of the year that weren't hot.A traffic signal board displays a warning message, as smoke from the Bootleg Fire billows to the north, while extreme heat and wildfires continue in Klamath Falls, Oregon, July 12, 2021.
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