'Hawkpocalypse': Baby birds of prey have leaped from their nests to escape West's extreme heat

[douglas9]

One wildlife rehabilitation center in rural Oregon says it got “three months’ worth of birds” in three days.

Another, in northern California, declared a “hawkpocalypse” in June.

And earlier in the summer, Portland Audubon, a nonprofit environmental organization, took in more than 100 Cooper’s hawks over four days as temperatures soared to record highs in the 110s. Normally they might get a dozen in a year.

Around the West, young birds of prey have been jumping out of their nests before they can fly to escape historic heat, landing helpless on the ground and in some cases sustaining injuries so serious they are euthanized. With more scorching temperatures coming for the northwestern United States and Canada starting this weekend, experts worry extreme weather fueled by climate change is set to take a growing toll on wildlife.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/07/17/heat-wave-baby-hawks/

[3Hotdogs]

1. Speculation on my part.

If they lived, would they have then starved to death? Their rodent prey has probably "roasted" on the ground by the same fires. The prey has also probably lost food supply as seeds have been destroyed by the fires..