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African migratory birds threatened by hot, dry weather

FILE - A man who scavenges recyclable materials for a living, center, walks past Marabou storks feeding on a mountain of garbage amidst smoke from burning trash at Dandora, the largest garbage dump in the capital Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 7, 2021. The alteration of weather patterns like the ongoing drought in east and central Africa chiefly driven by climate change is severely undermining natural water systems devastating livelihoods and now threatening the survival of most of the world’s famed migratory bird species. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

An eagle flies with a fish it just caught from Lake Baringo in Kambi ya Samaki, Kenya, on July 20, 2022. The alteration of weather patterns like the ongoing drought in east and central Africa chiefly driven by climate change is severely undermining natural water systems devastating livelihoods and now threatening the survival of most of the world’s famed migratory bird species. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

FILE - Flamingoes feed in the popular Berg River estuary in Velddrif, South Africa, Monday Sept. 14, 2020. The alteration of weather patterns like the ongoing drought in east and central Africa chiefly driven by climate change is severely undermining natural water systems devastating livelihoods and now threatening the survival of most of the world’s famed migratory bird species. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht, File)

African migratory birds threatened by hot, dry weather