A woodpecker visits the feeder outside Bob Davis' home in South Abington Twp., Lackawanna County. Two tube bird feeders hang off metal hooks on a squirrel-proof pole in Bob Davis’ backyard. A basket ...

Ken Pounds has a coop full of turkeys, and with justifiable concerns about bird flu, that’s all he wants in there. No flies if he can help it. Definitely no people who don’t need to be there. And ...

In three years, since a highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) detection on Feb. 8, 2022, the United States has seen widespread effects across the poultry industry, with a staggering 166.07 ...

It is an early-winter bird census, where thousands of volunteers across the U.S., Canada (where Audubon partners with Birds Canada), and many countries in the Western Hemisphere go out over a 24-hour ...

A young boy holds his hands into a heart shape in front of the chick enclosure. The Pennsylvania Farm Show welcomes birds for the first time since 2022. While there are no reported commercial or ...

BELLEFONTE — Pennsylvania has given $13.5 million to hundreds of farmers over the past three years to help them pay for bird flu testing, recover lost revenue, and implement biosecurity measures.

BUTLER COUNTY, Pa. — A case of bird flu was detected in Butler County last week, and it has local farmers concerned. “It’s concerning because that’s my livelihood,” said David Jones, the owner of ...

Backyard chickens have shifted from novelty to normal, but the disease pressure around them has shifted too. With highly ...

Pennsylvania’s Respiratory Virus Dashboard shows seasonal flu activity is high and rising, with rates of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) also high but decreasing. COVID-19 emergency department ...

Jan. 3—HARRISBURG — An estimated 200 snow geese discovered in parts of the Lehigh Valley are suspected by the Pennsylvania Game Commission to have died from bird flu. Test results are awaiting ...

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