A new study predicts that desert songbirds in the Southwest could soon be at risk of dehydration.
According to Science News, coping with heat waves can demand so much water evaporation to prevent heat stroke — from panting, for instance — that birds can die from dehydration.
Small species like the lesser goldfinch dehydrate at a proportionately higher rate than larger birds such as towhees.
With a temperature rise of just a few degrees, a lesser goldfinch could face a risk of death within five hours on as many as 120 days a year in the worst hot spots.

Desert songbirds increasingly at risk of dehydration


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Desert Songbirds Of The Southwest Could Begin To Die Of Dehydration

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