Bird Flu.

[NJ219bands]

The only dead waterfowl that I saw in NJ were the ones that I shot.

 

[blkduck]

I have a good friend in Sioux falls South Dakota that posted this picture today...
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I was in central SD last week and I did not notice any of the snow roosts like that, though I wasnt paying too close attention as we were not targeting snows.

How many would normally die just from migrating or the cold?

 

[Mudtoes]

Question, if you have reported this to the Feds or State have they asked you to pick the birds up and if so how are you suppose to dispose of them. I know with botulism you burn the carcasses. Can the disease be spread by dead birds as with botulism, or is it not passed on by a deceased bird?

 

[murdock84]

All the chicken farms around here that had avian flu have giant rows of dirt piled up. So, to me that means they are just burying them.

 

[DrakeStar]

Don't know if you will be able to read the article

Snow geese may have bird flu in Morgan County

Several snow geese in Morgan County may have been infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza, according to reports received by Colorado Parks & Wildlife officers. As a result of an investi…

www.fortmorgantimes.com

 

[5 stand]

How many would normally die just from migrating or the cold?

I'm sure several die throughout their migration South.... But not enough to make a picture like that, on one piece of ice...

 

[5 stand]

Another picture of the same locaion...

 

[Lip Shooter]

Driving around this afternoon I noticed a single honker is a sorghum field. Figured I’d check it for a band. Got about 10 yards from it with the dog. Flew up and made it about 300 yards fthat. Didn’t appear sot at all figure it had the flu.

 

[Dirtybird420]

The only dead waterfowl that I saw in NJ were the ones that I shot.

We don’t have the big groups of birds here. It ends when 1 black duck gives it to the other n the pair dies lol.

 

[metalworx]

Evidently it has reached southern Illinois now. Dead snow geese are being reported at both major lakes, (Rend and Carlyle), and at other locations around the area