Find a drink in a 'big heap of straw' is tough for birds

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Finding a drink in California
is tough work for birds.

ou know that historic and disastrous drought currently turning California into one big heap of straw?

You know how it’s probably being exacerbated by climate change? And indicative of the conditions that will become more common as the climate continues to warm?

As if that weren’t bad enough on its own, there’s more: All those hot and dry conditions mean that climate change is basically flipping the bird to birds, which are in serious trouble as they make their long migrations over parched California. Yup — welcome back to Spoiler Alerts, where climate change is always a jerk.

Read the Grist story - “Thirsty birds are dying all over California — thanks, climate change”.