Sometimes fire can be good for bird habitat, but the types of intense fires that often sweep through Southern California can be incredibly bad, converting good habitat into something far less hospitable. Take a look at this USGS video about addressing the problems caused by fire in Southern California:
By Garrison Frost
August 07, 2013
HOTSPOT: Flyover of California's Birds and Biodiversity
California is a global biodiversity hotspots, with one of the greatest concentrations of living species on Earth.