Wild Birds
Traces of bird flu found in Ventura County wastewater
The specimens in Ventura County very likely did not come from human waste but instead could have emanated from runoff sewage tainted by infected wild …
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World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird Lays an Egg at 74 – The New York Times
The world’s oldest known wild bird, a 74-year-old Laysan albatross named Wisdom, is expected to welcome another baby chick in the coming months, …
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World’s oldest-known wild bird lays an egg in Hawaii at age 74 – 1News
The oldest known wild bird in the world has laid an egg at the ripe age of about 74, her first in four years, US wildlife officials said. The long …
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California’s bird flu outbreak worries Pa. officials – Farm Progress
The good news, though, is that the current strain affecting dairies, H5N1 genotype B3.13, has not established a natural reservoir such as in wild …
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Hawaiian crow that went extinct in the wild decades ago released on Maui – The Guardian
… Bird conservation centers to establish strong bonds. The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance evaluated the birds for the release based on how well …
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza detected in eastern Oklahoma – KOCO
Officials said HPAI is highly deadly to poultry and in some cases can be fatal to wild birds. Waterfowl are susceptible to being infected, as are …
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Inside New Zealand’s radical plan to save its native birds – National Geographic
We were after stoats, small carnivorous mammals introduced to New Zealand in the 1870s that are especially deadly to native birds. These animals …
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The World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird Lays Egg at 74—Meet Wisdom, ‘Queen of Seabirds’
Wisdom, a Laysan albatross and the world’s oldest known wild bird, laid an egg at the age of 74. Here’s what to know.
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