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The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) released a statement about an unspecified number of vultures which tested positive for bird flu.
According to MDA’s statement, “Federal laboratory testing has confirmed cases of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (HPAI) in samples …
(Correction – a previous version of this post stated the county released the audit. They only released a summary of it. I have been invited to see the full audit in person.)
Anne Arundel County Recreation and Parks just released …
At least 213 birds of prey in Maryland, specifically red-tailed, red-shouldered and Cooper’s hawks, were affected during the same period of the bird mortality event that hit Maryland, several other states and Washington, D.C. in the spring and summer …
At least five bald eagles were poisoned Sunday after scavenging on a deer carcass in Manchester, Md.
One of the eagles is dead and four were taken to Phoenix Wildlife Center in Phoenix, Md.
According to Lauren Moses, public information …
Two vulture chicks were recently removed from their nest at a construction site in Washington, D.C., then killed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Wildlife Services (USDA APHIS WS).
“A WS biologist removed two …