South Carolina's Baltimore oriole winter survey and the Great Backyard Bird Count is scheduled for Feb. 14-17, 2025 ...

Great Backyard Bird Count” asks people to track the birds they see and hear over a few days. The information can help ...

The detection indicates that distinct forms of the virus known as Type A H5N1 have spilled over from wild birds into cattle ...

Marylanf'd Department of Natural Resources has issued new suggested guidelines for waterfowl hunters amid the spread of bird ...

Bird flu pops up every year in the same way that flu season does for humans. Each time there's a different strain as mutations mix in and around wild and domestic animals. Animals, of course, get sick ...

SO FAR, NO CASES OF BIRD FLU HAVE BEEN FOU While bird flu concerns are increasing across the country, the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has been protecting its flock from the virus for years.The zoo ...

This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland ... of backyard flocks.” Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) virus, or more commonly known as bird ...

A fourth case of bird flu was confirmed ... all caught on premarket testing,” Maryland Agriculture Secretary Kevin Atticks told the committee. “Since 2022, there have been nine total farms [affected], ...

MARYLAND (DC News Now) — On Friday, Jan. 17, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced that it has increased its efforts to collect dead birds that could be carrying Highly ...

A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide in wild birds with a few outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the United States ...

An example in the latter category is Carolina wrens, Winger said. The common backyard bird historically had a more southerly range, but have been adapting northward over years and decades.

Maryland has recorded its first case of bird ... as there have been cases where it spread from birds to mammals and recently led to the death of a backyard chicken farmer in Louisiana, the first U.S.