How did the wildfires affect Southern California birds?
California’s wildfires have significantly impacted wildlife, prompting researchers at the Natural History Museum to examine the effects on bird populations.
LA Times science reporter Corinne Purtill speaks with ornithologist, Allison Shultz, who is currently studying bird feathers as a way to track how pollution has affected birds and shedding light on the broader environmental consequences of the fires.
Brenda Elizondo is an audience engagement fellow at the Los Angeles Times. She was previously a video content creator and reporter for L.A. Times Food and De Los, the Latinidad section. She received her bachelor’s degree in communications from Cal State Fullerton.
Corinne Purtill is a science and medicine reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Her writing on science and human behavior has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, Time Magazine, the BBC, Quartz and elsewhere. Before joining The Times, she worked as the senior London correspondent for GlobalPost (now PRI) and as a reporter and assignment editor at the Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh. She is a native of Southern California and a graduate of Stanford University.
