Wildfire smoke delays breeding and alters reproductive outcomes in cavity-nesting songbirds
Smoke from spring boreal wildfires increasingly impacts eastern North America, exposing breeding birds to hazardous air pollution that may impact reproductive outcomes. Using data collected in 2018-2025 from 70,979 monitored nests of four widespread cavity-nesting songbirds, we found strong evidence that smoke greatly delays egg laying and can extend incubation and nestling duration. We further…
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