Cold temperatures promote spread of a bird pink eye pathogen at winter feeders
A pathogen for bird pink eye remains viable on bird feeders in winter conditions much longer than in summer conditions ...
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Bird flu has caused growing problems around US. Here's latest on disease in MD, elsewhere
Wild birds, particularly waterfowl such as ducks and geese, are natural carriers of the virus and can introduce it to domestic flocks. The virus can also be transmitted through contaminated feed ...
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7 Winter Plants That Will Attract Birds to Your Yard—Even When It’s Snowing
Add these to your garden to guarantee visits from birds this winter. Winter can be a challenging time for our beloved ...
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What you should know about bird flu in the UK - and its impact on humans
It is different from seasonal influenza which infects humans each winter. This year the most ... Members of the public are banned from feeding wild game birds within 500m of any premises with ...
TATUM: The need to feed our feathered friends
As we head into the heart of winter it’s high-time we lend a hand to our feathered friends, especially those that might be ...
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Bird flu variant found in Nevada cows shows signs of adaptation to mammals
Wild birds are hard to control on farms, where a feed trough filled with grain can look like a giant birdfeeder. Gene sequencing of these D1.1 viruses has found a mutation that helps the virus ...
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Mad at your ex? For Valentine’s Day, this Anchorage bird rescue center will name a rat after them and feed it to a raptor
Inside a chilly enclosure, a 7-year-old peregrine falcon named Breland plucked at a frozen rat carcass with her beak, tearing off patches of fur and flesh with little head jerks until finally ...
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Blane Klemek Outdoors: Evening and pine grosbeaks are a special winter sight
Unique, colorful, musical and social, evening and pine grosbeaks are wild birds that tend to be wintertime visitors that we ...