The reason was more than enough to make the sky crow race not wish to leave where they stood. They couldn't leave. If they left it was the end of their race regardless. If their eggs couldn't hatch then new sky crow race members wouldn't be born.
Even with the dangers of the endless sky serpents now being nearby, it was clear to Walker that the sky crows had struggled even before these new predators arrived.
The issues were most likely related to food. The sky crow race had managed to figure out making a village. The structure of their homes was ideal for the place they lived. They found a way to make fabrics using unique silks produced by monsters and plants within the wind elemental plane.
But they hadn't hunted enough food. They haven't gathered enough food. It didn't even appear that they could grow much food here either. They hadn't been able to grow their numbers. They had survived, but they had stopped thriving.
This also presented a unique question.