A male Western Bluebird perches on a tree branch. (Hayley Crews/Shutterstock)

A new study published in the journal GeoHealth based on crowdsourced data has found that last year’s wildfires may have played a larger role in the 2020 mass die-off of migratory birds across the western United States than previously thought.

This story comes to KHOL through the Rocky Mountain Community Radio coalition and KGNU in Boulder, Colorado. Listen above for more. Additional information on migratory birds and a robust catalog of bird sounds can also be found at audubon.org.

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Hannah Leigh Myers is an award-winning multimedia freelance journalist working on the Front Range in Colorado. In addition to her current role as a news producer and host for KGNU Radio in Boulder,...