The Department of Natural Resources confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, was found in a merganser ...

THE COMMON AND RED BREASTED MERGANSERS WINTERING IN LAKE MICHIGAN DIED OF SUSPECTED BIRD FLU, ACCORDING TO ILLINOIS DNR, AND THE GROUP CHICAGO BIRD COLLISION MONITOR, SHOWING ALL THE SYMPTOMS OF ...

From 200 to 300 dead birds, mostly red-breasted mergansers, were reported by observers in Illinois. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has also reported 300 dead birds, mostly Canada ...

Here’s what to know about bird flu in Illinois. Annette Prince, director of Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, picks up a dead red-breasted merganser at 35th Street Beach. “Influenza comes in a ...

Annette Prince, director of the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, holds a dying red-breasted merganser that ... department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Pet-grade meat isn ...

The recent deaths of an estimated 1,500 sandhill cranes in Indiana due to bird flu has increased concerns for endanagered ...

Hundreds of dead or sick red-breasted mergansers have been found along Lake Michigan, sparking bird flu concerns ... alleged Highland Park shooter. The Illinois organizer of a nationwide ...

“Conservation police officers received weekend reports of ducks, red-breasted ... “The Illinois Department reminds the public to not handle waterfowl or other birds displaying illness, nor ...

Red-breasted merganser ducks come to Chicago for the winter. The bird collision monitors said ... Park District also reports these events to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources." ...

In January, a northern Illinois farm lost some ... A stock image of a red-breasted merganser. iStock / Getty Images Plus "Avian influenza (H5N1 bird flu) is posing a serious threat to the bird ...

The warning comes amid reports of several dead birds ... to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, conservation officers received reports over the weekend of "ducks, red-breasted mergansers ...