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The wildfires are impacting insect populations that migratory birds rely upon during their travels.

They risk starving if an unexpected polar vortex strikes early too.
https://therevelator.org/weather-whiplash-birds/

Pyrophilic insects are attracted to wildfires & infect scorched trees, making future wildfires worse.

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/how-are-californias-birds-faring-amid-ever-more-frequent-wildfires/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wildfire-loving-insects-1.6923847

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/a-moth-outbreak-has-killed-off-forests-across-siberia-now-the-flammable-wood-is-causing-wildfires-that-humans-are-unable-to-contain/articleshow/133025037.cms

https://www.upr.org/utah-news/2021-03-15/how-extreme-weather-has-been-impacting-birds-migrating-through-utah

https://www.timminspress.com/news/how-the-spruce-budworm-has-impacted-wildfires

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/16/birds-falling-out-of-the-sky-in-mass-die-off-in-south-western-us-aoe

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/climate/bird-die-offs-el-nino.html