What to know about the bird flu outbreak in wild birds and what it means for backyard bird feeders
Birds without natural immunity that migrate or roost together in large flocks, such as geese, are most likely to die in large numbers. A recent bird flu outbreak among migratory eared grebes in Utah ...
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Nate Bird
Nate Bird has worked in radio across America from Salt Lake City to Kansas City, to Las Vegas, and finally planting roots in ...
Snowy plovers are back on the Oregon coast. Here’s how to help keep the little birds safe
Snowy plover season is back. The tiny coastal birds are once again making their nests on the shores of the Oregon coast, requiring beachgoers to take a few extra precautions while out on the beach ...
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Carl Zimmer on Covid, singing, and going ‘Air-Borne’
While covering Covid, science writer Carl Zimmer learned how little we know about air and how it affects disease transmission ...
This Northwest author mocks ‘Worst Birds Ever.’ Revenge drops from the sky
Sure, birds can be annoying. On Portland’s Sauvie Island now, snow geese unnervingly dominate the sky like a Hitchcock horror ...
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce break cover on dinner date in Park City after Super Bowl loss
The 14-time Grammy winner, 35, and Kelce, also 35, have largely kept off the radar following the Kansas City Chiefs tight end’s devastating Super Bowl loss last month.
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Can Anything Stop Bird Flu?
Bird flu. With that diagnosis in mind, one of Russo’s colleagues tried to get some bovine samples tested for H5N1, but the ...
Birds Likely to be Livin’ on the Edge Again Next Season
Idon’t think it’s all that debatable that the most important position in sports is the quarterback, which perhaps in theory would render the second most important position in sports to be the backup ...
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Sandhill cranes fascinate bird lovers and draw crowds in Colorado each spring. Here’s why
This year the festival is March 7 - 9. Crowds of sandhill crane admirers gather in Southern Colorado each spring to watch these birds – which have recovered after nearly being wiped out a century ago.
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Are we ready for a bird flu pandemic? | The Excerpt
On a special episode (first released on February 27, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: As bird flu, also known as H5N1, continues to spread across the country, experts are concerned about the potential ...
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Prime Video U.K. Director Chris Bird Stepping Down After 14 Years
Chris Bird, the director of Prime Video UK, has decided to step down from the role and leave the company after more than 14 years. The news was announced in an internal memo sent to staff by ...
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More Than 1,500 Sandhill Cranes Killed by Bird Flu in Indiana, Raising Concerns Among Biologists
The tall, slender grey birds are making their annual spring migration to northern breeding grounds. Experts say the virus could become a larger problem if it gets passed to endangered whooping ...