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Is bird flu infecting humans? How would we know?
#Health #H5N1 #BirdFlu #AusCDC #AvianInfluenza #BirdFluAustralia #Australia #PublicHealth #Influenza #DiseaseOutbreak #WildBirds
https://the-14.com/is-bird-flu-infecting-humans-how-would-we-know/

Bald Eagle
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, NM

Heard someone is having a birthday. Likely nothing but hype.

#photo #WildBirds #nature #WildlifeRefuge #eagle #NewMexico

Mein Tuschebild "Gänsegeier"🪶Den direkten Blick und den Schnabel fand ich so dominant, dass ich das ganze Drumherum (fast) weggelassen habe:))
Referenz: JevgeniFil
Inkdrawing for Sale
23x31cm
#geier #vulture #birdart #birddrawing #artforsale #wildlifeart #kleineKunstklasse
#vögel #birdlover #art #ArtOnMasto #artistsonmastodon #originaldrawingforsale #originaldrawing #vogelliebhaber #wildvogel #gansegeier #ArtForSale #artforsalebyartist #wildlifedrawings #wildbirds #inkdrawings #tuschekunst

Sandhill Crane Just Out For a Stroll
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, NM

#photo #nature #WildBirds #WildlifeRefuge #NewMexico

Lesser Goldfinch
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, NM

We were delighted by a small flock of these bright yellow birds as they foraged among last season's sunflower heads looking for a few last seeds. Impossible to get more than one bird in focus at a time, so isolated this one for this image.

#WildlifeWednesday #photo #nature #WildBirds #WildlifeRefuge #NewMexico

Northern Shoveler
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, NM

It wasn't a particularly sunny day so the gorgeous green iridescence of his head is only somewhat visible.

#photo #nature #WildBirds #ducks #WildlifeRefuge #NewMexico

Snow Geese
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, NM

Originally I was going to post yesterday's photo of the pond with geese today, but realized a pond full of geese is not silent. These two had nothing to say, so they get top billing for #SilentSunday Aren't they cute!

#photo #nature #WildBirds #WildlifeRefuge #NewMexico

Pond, Snow Geese, Mountains, Sky
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, NM

#SaturdayScenery #photo #nature #landscape #WildBirds #WildlifeRefuge #NewMexico

Wild Turkey
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, NM

Saw a single (young male) turkey walking across the road in the refuge last Monday. My friend stopped the car and I tried to lean out the window to take photos. The bird was so close that my telephoto lens cut much of him off. Nonetheless you can see the fabulous feather colors, patterns, and iridescence.

#photo #nature #wildlifeRefuge #WildBirds #NewMexico

Perched Cormorants
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, NM

These dead branches on which the birds are perched (and notice their webbed feet) extended over a small pond at the time. Due to drought conditions the pond dried up years ago.

#photo #nature #WildBirds #digiscoping #WildlifeRefuge #NewMexico

Feathered Friend Up Close

Canon RF-S55-220mm F5-7.1

#photography
#canon

#blackbird #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturelovers #birdwatching #wildbirds #birdsofinstagram #naturephotography #wildlife_perfection #birds_in_focus #featheredfriends #nature_brilliance #birdlovers #closeupwildlife #animalphotography #amazingbirds #backyardbirds #birdstagram #naturecaptures #birding

#Transmission #dynamics of highly pathogenic avian #influenza virus at the #wildlife – #poultry – #environmental #interface: A case study

Source: OneHealth, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771424002581?via%3Dihub

Abstract
Avian influenza viruses (AIVs) regularly circulate between wild and domestic bird populations. Following several high-profile outbreaks, highly pathogenic AIVs (HPAIV) with zoonotic potential have been the subject of increasing attention. While we know that HPAIV is transmitted between domestic birds, wildlife, and the environment, little is known about persistence and spillover/back at these interfaces. We integrated the test results of samples collected on and around an infected domestic poultry premise (IP) where H5N1 HPAIV was confirmed in a flock of poultry in 2022 in Southern Ontario, Canada to explore the transmission cycle of AIVs in wildlife and the environment. We sampled a captive flock of Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) that resided on site, sediment samples collected from water bodies on site, and examined samples collected through surveillance within a 100 km radius of the IP from live wild ducks and sick and dead wildlife. We found serologic evidence of H5 exposure in the captive mallards that resided on site despite no evidence of morbidity or mortality in these birds and no PCR positive detections from samples collected at two different timepoints. Genetic material from the same H5N1 HPAIV subtype circulating in the domestic birds and from low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses were detected in wetlands on site. The results of live and sick and dead surveillance conducted within a 100 km radius confirmed that the virus was circulating in wildlife before and after IP confirmation. These results suggest that biosecurity remains the most critical aspect of minimising spillover/back risk in a virus that has been shown to circulate in asymptomatic wild birds and persist in the surrounding environment.

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#aH5n1 #abstract #avianInfluenza #AVIANINFLUENZA #birdFlu #canada #h5n1 #health #news #ontario #poultry #research #WILDBIRDS

#Netherlands – #Influenza A #H5N1 viruses of high pathogenicity (Inf. with) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-) – Immediate notification

Source: WOAH, https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/6090

Wild birds in Friesland and Groningen Regions.

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#aH5n1 #avianInfluenza #theNetherlands #updates #WILDBIRDS #WOAH

#Usutu virus African 3.1 #lineage, #Portugal, 2021-2023

Source: BioRxIV, https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.04.626753v1?rss=1

Abstract

Background: Usutu virus (Orthoflavivirus usutuense, USUV), a neurotropic arthropod-borne RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae, is a zoonotic virus that has spread throughout the European continent over the last three decades, since its emergence in Italy in 1996. However, no cases of USUV have been reported in Portugal so far.

Material and methods: In the scope of an active surveillance program for Orthoflavivirus, we collected growing feather samples from 249 red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa) hunted in southern Portugal during the 2021-2023 hunting seasons. Samples positive for USUV were subjected to whole genome sequencing and strain characterization.

Results: Two partridges tested positive for USUV. Phylogenetic analyses of whole and partial genomes assigned the USUV strains to the African 3 lineage, specifically the African 3.1 sub-lineage.

Conclusions: Our study confirms, for the first time, the circulation of USUV in wild birds in Portugal. Active surveillance of hunted partridges proved to be a useful, accessible, and cost-effective method for USUV monitoring, further supporting their value as effective sentinels for Orthoflavivirus surveillance. Given the ongoing circulation of USUV and the increasing risk of its spillover to other domestic and wild animals, and humans, additional efforts are needed to improve virus surveillance in Portugal from a One Health perspective.

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#abstract #ARBOVIRUS #FLAVIVIRUS #PORTUGAL #research #USUTUVIRUS #WILDBIRDS

#Germany – #Influenza A #H5N1 viruses of high pathogenicity (Inf. with) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-) – Immediate notification

Source: WOAH, https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/6084

Wild birds of Anatidae Species in Schleswig-Holstein Region. The birds were tested as part of monitoring.

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#aH5n1 #avianInfluenza #germany #updates #WILDBIRDS #WOAH

#Germany – #Influenza A #H5N1 viruses of high pathogenicity (Inf. with) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-) – Immediate notification #3

Source: WOAH, https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/6066

Wild birds of various species in Hamburg Region.

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#aH5n1 #avianInfluenza #germany #updates #WILDBIRDS #WOAH

#Germany – #Influenza A #H5N1 viruses of high pathogenicity (Inf. with) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-) – Immediate notification #2

Source: WOAH, https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/6065

Wild swans in Niedersachsen Region.

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#aH5n1 #avianInfluenza #germany #updates #WILDBIRDS #WOAH

#Germany – #Influenza A #H5N1 viruses of high pathogenicity (Inf. with) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-) – Immediate notification

Source: WOAH, https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/6074

Wild birds in Thüringen Region.

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#aH5n1 #avianInfluenza #germany #updates #WILDBIRDS #WOAH

New Bead Art. "White Raven "
8 X 8 in. Bead embroidery using size 11/0 seed beads.
#alaska #nature #WhiteRaven #beadart #beadembroidery #wildbirds

Snow Geese on Ice
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, NM

In honor of the Winter Solstice and Throwback Thursday I dug out one of my earliest photos from the refuge. Taken in December 2009 through a spotting scope of geese standing on a frozen pond. I reprocessed it this morning, mostly to increase the size for your viewing pleasure 😎
[text edited to clarify wording]

#WinterSolstice #ThrowbackThursday #digiscoping #photo #WildBirds #WildlifeRefuge #NewMexico

The Freeze – African Fish Eagle | Lake Naivasha | Kenya
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#coloursofafrica #natuurmonumenten #wildshotsafari #wetlands #birdlovers #ornithology #wildbirds #birdbrilliance #africanfisheagle #natuur #ourbirdinglifelist #feathers #safarigoals #wildandfree #bestbirdshot #featured_wildlife #africasafari #kings_birds #vogelfotografie #lakenaivasha #nationalgeographic #birdsofprey #bownaankamal #birdsofkenya #yourshotphotographer #raptors #birdextreme #wildlifephoto

Yellow-mantled widowbird (Euplectes macroura), also known as the yellow-backed widow, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.
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🐦 Masai Mara | Kenya
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#coloursofnature #birdphotoshow #fotografiaaves #earthcapture #birdphotography #wildlifesafari #naturephotography #nuts_about_wildlife #yellowmantledwidowbird #nature_of_our_world #bownaankamal #wildlifeplanet #kenya #masaimara #wildlifephoto #natgeotravel #yourshotphotographer #wanderlust #safari #birdsofafrica #WildBirds

Tropical boubou or bell shrike (Laniarius aethiopicus) is a medium-sized passerine bird of sub-Saharan Africa.
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🐦 Masai Mara | Kenya
#exclusive_wildlife #tropicalboubou #bownaankamal #elite_worldwide_birds #wanderlust #africageophoto #africanature #natuurmonumenten #weareallexplorers #safarilife #wildlife_of_africa #ornithology #best_birds_photography #wildbirds #wildlife_through_lens #africanwildlifephotography #bbc_wildlife #africanbird #masaimara #birdsphotography #nikonD850

Yellow-fronted canary (Crithagra mozambica) is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is sometimes known in aviculture as the green singing finch.
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🐤 Masai Mara | Kenya
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#birdsofafrica #bownaankamal #wildbirds #masaimaranationalpark #avian #birdsofkenya #yellowfrontedcanary #birdwatcher #wildlife_photography #bestbirdpix #bestbirdshot #birdportraits #natgeo #bird_watchers_daily #photosafari #naturaleza #african_wonders #kenyabirds #nikonnature #wildlifephotography