Since Friday, hundreds of dead and sick birds have been found along Lake Michigan’s shore — all likely infected with bird flu ...

Annette Prince, director of the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors picks up a dead red-breasted merganser at 35th Street Beach ...

Hundreds of red-breasted mergansers have been affected by a bird flu outbreak on Chicago's Lake Michigan shoreline, raising ...

The infected birds "present with tremors and little ability to move," said a local conservation group tracking the outbreak.

from Hyde Park on Chicago’s South Side to Wilmette on the North Shore, the red-breasted merganser seems to be the latest species impacted by the H5N1 bird flu. The red-breasted merganser is a ...

Around 20 dead birds lay belly-up on ... during the weekend of ducks, red-breasted mergansers and Canada geese at Oak Street and North Avenue beaches in Chicago and Tower Beach in Winnetka.

A massive group of dead waterfowl that washed up along the southern shores of Lake Michigan near Chicago ... bird flu outbreak, wildlife officials said this week. The majority of the waterfowl ...

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Officials urged residents of the Chicago ... birds to 311.” According to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, conservation officers received reports over the weekend of "ducks, red ...

Red-breasted merganser ducks come to Chicago for the winter. The bird collision monitors said they're also seeing some H5N1 symptoms cropping up among crows and gulls. "These birds are grounded on ...

Roughly 200-300 ducks have been found dead in Chicago and the northern ... from local news outlet NBC5. The red-breasted mergansers have died of suspected bird flu, according to local experts ...

Migratory Pathways, a new mural trail in Red Hook Park, invites visitors to explore the story of migration through colorful ...