Geese, Skuas, Cranes, Foxes: Avian Flu Takes Growing Toll On Wildlife
"One ecologist counted 160 dead wild birds while walking round a Scottish loch, and figures from other countries are just as worrying".
Source: Guardian, 06/06/2022
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More Than 100 Vultures Found Dead Near Maryland Dam From Avian Flu
"More than 100 black vultures have been found dead near the Conowingo Dam since mid-April after an outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian flu, officials say."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 05/11/2022
Extinction Obituary For The Quiet And Beautiful Hawaiian Po’ouli
"Frantic conservation efforts couldn’t save the tiny, intricately colored songbird, whose obit is the first in our new series of memorials for species that have gone extinct in living memory".
Source: Guardian, 05/09/2022
"Bird Flu Takes Unheard-Of Toll On Bald Eagles, Other Birds"
"Bird flu is killing an alarming number of bald eagles and other wild birds, with many sick birds arriving at rehabilitation centers unsteady on their talons and unable to fly."
Source: AP, 05/06/2022
"Rescuing The Massive Swamp Our Country Depends On But Has Mostly Forgotten"
"Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin, the nation’s largest cypress swamp, nurtures an abundant ecosystem and protects a critical coast. But years of exploitation and neglect have made it a “ticking time bomb.”"
Source: HuffPost, 05/02/2022
"China Detects First Human Case Of H3N8 Bird Flu Strain"
"An H3N8 strain of bird flu has been detected in humans for the first time, in China’s central province of Henan." "Experts say widespread transmission of flu in birds is increasing scope for avian viruses to mix and mutate."
Source: Guardian, 04/28/2022
Back From The Dead? Elusive Ivory-Bill Woodpecker Not Extinct: Researchers
"In terms of elusiveness, it is the Bigfoot or Loch Ness monster of the bird world, so rare and undetectable that the US government declared it extinct last year. But the ivory-bill woodpecker is, in fact, still alive and pecking in the forests of Louisiana, a team of researchers has claimed."
Source: Guardian, 04/13/2022
"A ‘Silent Victim’: How Nature Becomes a Casualty of War"
"The Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, on the southern coast of Ukraine, is a haven for migrating birds. More than 120,000 birds spend the winter flitting about its shores, and a multicolored spectrum of rare species — the white-tailed eagle, red-breasted merganser and black-winged stilt, to name just a few — nest among its protected waters and wetlands."
Source: NYTimes, 04/13/2022
"Energy Company To Pay Up To $35 Million After Turbines Killed Eagles"
"An American wind energy company has admitted to killing at least 150 bald and golden eagles, most of which were fatally struck by wind turbine blades, federal prosecutors said."
Source: Washington Post, 04/12/2022
"2 Bald Eagles In Vermont Found Infected With Avian Influenza"
"Two bald eagles in the state were found to be infected with avian influenza, the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife says."
Source: Associated Press, 04/11/2022
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