How are California’s birds faring amid ever more frequent wildfires?

Mongabay
Dec 31, 2025, 2:33 pm117 ptsTrending
In the forests of the Sierra Nevada, the black-backed woodpecker is without parallel. The bird appears almost born of fire, thriving on the flames that flicker through California’s coniferous forests every few years. Swooping in shortly after a blaze subsides, this woodpecker species, Picoides arcticus, nests…

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