Suppose some natural disaster iccured and a dpecies of finch is forced to relocate from its original island where it dined on cactus flowers to an adjacent island with fewer cacti but iverabundance if orchids. What would be the immediate consequences to the soecies in the first minth if change?

Answer 1

Probably very hungry. They might not recognize the orchids as food. Many might die. I do not know anything about the relative nutritional value of cactus and orchid flowers. That would determine if a low surviving population would continue feeding on the few cactus plants or if the survivors would learn to eat orchids and thrive ultimately. That would not happen in the first month anyway though.