PANAMA CITY: The number of birds migrating south from chilly North America to warmer South America this time of year has dropped sharply compared to 2014, probably because of climate change, an environmental group said Friday.
“Climate change must be having an effect because right now we have more extreme storms and this is affecting the conditions they require” to make the long trip, said Rosabel Miro, director of Audubon, a non-governmental association in Panama that counts birds passing through Central America.
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