“No definitive cause(s) of illness or death have been determined at this time” in the mystery illness that has sickened and killed birds in several states, as well as Washington, D.C., according to a Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) …
Bird mortality issue limited to “all young birds,” according to three wildlife rehabilitation facilities
“These are babies, they’re blind and they’re crying for their parents.”
Whatever it is that’s sickening and killing birds in several states and the nation’s capital seems to be limited to nestlings/fledglings – birds born this year, according to three …
USGS and Partners Investigating DC Area Bird Mortality Event
According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Wildlife Health Center, in late May, wildlife managers in Washington D.C., Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia began receiving reports of sick and dying birds with eye swelling and crusty discharge, as well …