Pet hens have spent the majority of the year in ‘flockdown’ due to a housing order. Kate Norman, poultry expert at the charity, said: “Keeping hens …
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Peru Bird Flu: Thousands of Pelicans Found Dead – The St Kitts Nevis Observer
In total, more than 13,000 birds have been killed by the H5N1 avian influenza strain, according to biologists. Peruvian officials have declared a …
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Warning For Bird Hunters: Take precautions as HPAI works its way across the U.S. – RFD-TV
Tennessee’s state veterinarian issued an alert for domesticated bird owners who also bird hunt as High Pathogenic Avian Influenza works its way …
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Government of Canada invests nearly $2 million in migratory bird monitoring and …
Migratory birds are an important part of Canadian biodiversity. Despite their great adaptability, science shows that migratory bird populations …
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Christmas Bird Count originated in 1900 as alternative to hunting – Houston Chronicle
This year marks 123 consecutive years of the Christmas Bird Count, where citizen volunteers count birds in their neighborhoods.
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Concerns over bird flu could mean more chickens are abandoned – The Mail
Pet hens have spent the majority of the year on ‘flockdown’ due to a housing order. Kate Norman, poultry expert at the charity, said: “Keeping hens …
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Talbott promotes bird watching and conservation to locals – Osceola-Sentinel Tribune
It wasn’t just with her work at National Zoo that saw Debi Talbott involved with birds. A member of the Audubon Society, Talbott was active with a …
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Endangered native bird brought to Maui facility has died | News, Sports, Jobs
The Maui News An endangered native bird known as “Carrot,” believed to be one of the last of his kind in the Halehaha region of Kauai, has died …
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‘A possible extinction event’: the UK’s worst bird flu outbreak – podcast – The Guardian
The UK is in the middle of its worst outbreak of bird flu. To find out how both wild and captive bird populations are coping, Ian Sample speaks …
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Fossil overturns more than a century of knowledge about the origin of modern birds
Using CT scanning techniques, the Cambridge team identified bones from the palate, or the roof of the mouth, of a new species of large ancient bird, …
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