While bird flu concerns are increasing across the country, the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has been protecting its flock from the virus for years. ... WATERFOWL AND CRANES. THEY CAN GET THE BIRD FLU.

Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds of the order Gruiformes, and family Gruidae. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back.

Once nearly having fallen into extinction, North America's tallest bird is now making a much awaited come-back. A new survey from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimated a record-breaking 557 ...

Sandhill cranes are the latest victims of a particularly persistent strain of avian influenza, killing at least 1,500 of the migrating birds in recent weeks, according to a biologist with the ...

Other countries have seen mass crane die-offs caused by bird flu, from Israel to Japan to Hungary, where an at least 10,000 and possibly 20,000 Eurasian cranes died in winter 2023.

The sandhill cranes are being killed by bird flu, or avian influenza, according to the state Department of Natural Resources. Fish Lake isn’t the only place sandhill cranes have been dying: Some ...

As the Sandhill cranes arrive this spring, Colorado Parks and Wildlife finds no evidence of bird flu as an estimated 1,500 die in Indiana Skip to main content. You are the owner ...

Indiana Department of Natural Resources says hundreds of sandhill cranes died from bird flu. To stream WHAS11 on your phone, you need the WHAS11 app. Download the WHAS11 app. More Videos.

An estimated 1,500 sandhill cranes in Indiana have died from bird flu this year. The current H5N1 strain seems to be more potent and spreads easily among the large flocks of cranes.