How are birds starting fires in Colorado? [Video]

DENVER — Flaming Bird Carcasses is going to be a great band name.

For the third time this summer, birds on electrical lines have burst into flames, fallen to the ground and started a wildfire. Yet thousands of birds on electrical lines do not burst into flames, fall to the ground and start wildfires.

“Our study in 2022 found 44 instances of birds being electrocuted on power poles and then those birds then fell to the ground and started wildfires,” Taylor Barnes, Biologist and GIS specialist, said.

Barnes works for EDM International, an electric utility consulting company, and is a bit of an expert on crispy birds.

“I’m a biologist,” Barnes said. “I study wildlife, and my interest primarily is in avian studies. Primarily, what we focus on is avian safety as it relates to power poles.”

Birds getting electrocuted, …