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Record-High 736,000 Sandhill Cranes Flock to Nebraska During Spring Migration Peak—With No Signs of Bird Flu, Despite Concerns
Hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes are once again flocking to central Nebraska during their annual migration—and so far ...
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Iconic Sandhill cranes face mass die-off in bird flu outbreak
More than 1,500 iconic sandhill cranes have been killed by bird flu in Indiana, officials say, the latest development in the spread of the highly infectious respiratory illness. Volunteers in ...
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After 100 Years, Lake Tahoe Is Seeing An Old Friend: The Sandhill Crane
And this season, Tahoe is witnessing its own rebirth in the form of a species of bird that had been previously driven out of the region. Sandhill cranes are ... amount of rain over the last ...
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Sandhill crane deaths from bird flu in eastern U.S. has Nebraska on alert
ROUGHLY 1 MILLION CRANES WILL CONVERGE ON CENTRAL NEBRASKA AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY NORTH TO NEST FOR THE SUMMER. BUT IN INDIANA, THE BIRD FLU HAS KILLED THOUSANDS OF MIGRATING SANDHILL CRANES ...
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Sandhill cranes arrive in Colorado, untouched by bird flu that killed 2,000 in Indiana
Editor's note: This story was updated with a new estimate for the number of cranes that have died in Indiana. So far, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has not seen any evidence of the bird flu ...
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Bird flu responsible for deaths of 100s of sandhill cranes near LaPorte-St. Joseph line
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. DNR expects ...
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Sandhill cranes suffer tragic losses as bird flu sweeps through southern Indiana
"You can't ask cranes to isolate themselves so that they don't spread the virus to each other." The U.S. Department of Agriculture determined the national, multiyear bird flu outbreak is the worst ...