Illness

As unknown illness strikes wild bird population, states urge residents to take down feeders

As unknown illness strikes wild bird population, states urge residents to take down feeders

Scientists are perplexed by an unidentified illness infecting birds in multiple states across the country. Wildlife authorities in Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky began receiving reports of diseased birds in late May. Since the initial reports, birds with similar symptoms have also been spotted in Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.