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Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1mon
Birds Are Dying Mysterious, Violent Deaths in This Northern California Neighborhood—and No One Can Explain Why
Residents of Richmond, a city in the Bay Area, say they have watched dozens of birds drop dead in recent months ...
New York Post1mon
‘Exploding’ birds are dropping dead in this California neighborhood, baffling residents: ‘Very traumatic’
Blowing-up birds are bewildering a Bay Area ‘burb. Dozens of birds have met their sudden and violent demise in a California neighborhood in recent months, dropping out of the sky mid-flight and ...
Man smuggling exotic protected birds in cardboard box is detained in CA, feds say
Juandaniel Medina, 24, of Lindsay, planned on breeding or reselling the live Amazon parrots he smuggled into California after ...
New York Daily News1mon
Residents of California town baffled by mysterious, exploding birds
The residents of a California town are raising the alarm after dozens of birds appear to have exploded without explanation. The phenomena appears to be limited to a single neighborhood in Richmond ...
USA Today1mon
50 birds die on one street in California suburb, wildlife officials suggest foul play
A neighborhood in a San Francisco suburb is demanding answers after a string of birds were found dead. Residents of Richmond, California, told ABC affiliate KGO that they have seen over 50 birds ...
Alameda Post on MSN5d
Alameda’s California Brown Pelicans
"Whether gliding silently over the beach at sunset or perched in a great lineup along one of our local seawalls, it's ...
Racing to Save California’s Elephant Seals From Bird Flu
Two years ago, avian influenza ravaged elephant seal colonies in South America. Are the colonies on the northern Pacific ...
Los Angeles Times10mon
COVID and bird flu are rising. Here’s how to keep yourself safe
California’s strongest summer COVID wave in two years is still surging, fueled in part by the rise of a particularly hyperinfectious FLiRT subvariant known as KP.3.1.1. Aug. 12, 2024 Where bird ...
USA Today6mon
Bird flu's rapid spread prompts California to declare a state of emergency
California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Wednesday to combat bird flu, which has spread to more than a quarter of all the state's dairies in the last month and infected 34 state ...