Each year thousands of people across the country and throughout the world count birds during the four-day Great Backyard Bird ...

A new assessment from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows that a whopping 96 million Americans (3 out of 10 of us) age 16 and older engage in bird-watching. Of that number, 91 million watch the ...

This was the third detection of HPAI in a backyard flock and fourth overall detection in Georgia since the ongoing nationwide ...

H5N1 bird flu has been detected twice in birds in the Atlanta area this month. Here’s what to know if you keep chickens and ducks at home.

birds and even humans, the virus has been detected in a noncommercial, backyard flock in Georgia, state agriculture officials said Friday. The positive case of the virus, known as H5N1 Highly ...

This story was updated at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, with more information. The bird flu has reached the state’s prized poultry industry, with the first commercial case of bird flu hitting ...

All poultry activities have been suspended in Georgia after bird flu ... while the other half were backyard flocks. There were 11.16 million birds affected, the department said.

Georgia officials have confirmed a first-ever case of the bird flu in a commercial poultry operation in the state.

The bird flu has hit a poultry producer in Georgia. Reuters The virus has been detected four times in Georgia, but only in backyard flocks previously, including among 13 chickens and ducks earlier ...

The CDC says bird flu is a disease caused ... This was the third detection of HPAI in a backyard flock and fourth overall detection in Georgia since the ongoing nationwide outbreak began in ...