Colorado declares disaster emergency as presumptive bird flu outbreak hits facility with 1.3M chickens

Colorado officials declared a disaster emergency after a presumptive bird flu outbreak hit a facility with 1.3 million ...
CNN

Colorado bird flu cases show how extreme heat may be complicating efforts to control the virus

Searing heat may have played a role in the infections of five workers who fell ill last week while culling a large flock of chickens infected with the H5N1 virus in Colorado, health officials said ...
Post Independent Citizen Telegram

Colorado’s winter birds are ‘extraordinary survivors’ that grow ‘snowshoes,’ build snow caves and stash thousands of seeds

Winters in the Colorado Rocky Mountains can be long and formidable. Before the snow flies, thousands of birds migrate each fall to escape the cold. Mary Harris, the chair of the Roaring Fork Audubon, ...
Yahoo

After lull, bird flu confirmed in Colorado backyard flock

DENVER (KDVR) — Bird flu killed most of a backyard chicken flock in Colorado, a federal lab confirmed, as officials warned of a rise in the disease during migratory season. The new case of highly ...
Yahoo

CDC confirms sixth Colorado bird flu case

Six poultry workers in Colorado have tested positive for the bird flu, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI July 20 (UPI) --A sixth ...
koaa

Protecting birds of prey with unique partnership in Southern Colorado

FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. — A unique partnership is launching in Southern Colorado that will expand education programs aimed at protecting birds of prey. The collaboration is between Black Hills Energy ...
koaa

Farmers in Colorado say they are monitoring the bird flu situation closely to protect their flock

PUEBLO, Colo. — Farmers in Colorado who raise birds are cautiously monitoring the bird flu outbreak. The Colorado Department of Agriculture reports the most recent cases were found in Larimer County ...
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Millions of birds are heading to Colorado. Here's why and how to spot the seasonal fliers

Spring’s arrival and warming temperatures will soon bring flocks of people outdoors in Colorado – and feathered friends will follow suit. Seasonal bird migration is about to ramp up, with hundreds of ...
Post Independent Citizen Telegram

More than 3.5 million birds migrated over Colorado in 1 night this week. Residents are being asked to turn out their lights to help them

Coloradans are being asked to dim their lights to aid millions of birds flying over the state each night amid the annual fall migration. Every year, billions of birds migrate north in the spring and ...
The Columbian

Colorado seeing more wildfires started by electrocuted birds

The flaming carcass of an electrocuted bird was determined to be the cause of the Quail Hollow fire in July in Arapahoe County, Colorado, that burned more than 1,100 acres and destroyed property ...