While sitting on my back porch one day during late afternoon, my leisurely pursuit was interrupted as a large and seemingly nervous flock of red-winged blackbirds happened to fly by my location. The ...
State agencies have called for a voluntary pause on the interisland movement of birds in Hawaii for 90 days following the discovery of the H5N1 bird flu in the state. The voluntary pause went into ...
Millions of birds invisibly migrate through the night sky each autumn, most flying in near silence toward their wintering ...
It’s technically still winter, but spring is already on the move. The song of the red-winged blackbird has long been associated with the start of the season. And those long-awaited “conk-la-lee” ...
The Agriculture Department is re-emphasizing the importance of biosecurity on dairy farms in light of new reports that identify a variety of ways the H5N1 virus can infect dairy herds and nearby ...