Me in #DeSchammer: Oh wow! so happy I've seen a singular #Egret!
Me in the #Arkemheen polder: Damn there's just too many of these egrets and #herons about! (and #cormorant, and #wigeons and #ducks and #grebes and probably more I can't all identify in this photo)
🪶 #birds #naturephotography #dutchnature #marshland
Before you continue to YouTube

Experimental #infection of #Chickens, Pekin #ducks, Eurasian #wigeons and Barnacle #geese with two recent highly pathogenic avian influenza #H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b viruses https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39221587/?utm_source=Feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=None&utm_content=1LGAx__djGAJ9poBzWGqPtjEbBDtz4ipSRRPUplmgHEyyF_Ihj&fc=None&ff=20240902161240&v=2.18.0.post9+e462414

This H5N1-2021-AB virus trait may have contributed to efficient spread of the virus in wild bird populations. Therefore, high mortality, virus shedding and long-lasting viral antigen expression found in Barnacle geese may have increased the risk for introduction into poultry.

Experimental infection of Chickens, Pekin ducks, Eurasian wigeons and Barnacle geese with two recent highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b viruses - PubMed

Multiple genotypes of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 clade 2.3.4.4b viruses have caused epizootics in wild birds and poultry. The HPAI H5N1 genotype C virus caused a modest epizootic, whereas the occurrence of the HPAI H5N1 genotype AB virus in 2021 resulted in the largest avian influen …

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Word Search Puzzle 652

Word List : #rolls #where #niog #wiser #haulaway #ergmeter #direxit #cake #tyroma #births #coinable #wigeons #ghenting #eggnog #catnache #gnessic #sabotier #pyrylium

Kara Finance
Eurasian wigeons confirmed positive for H5N1 virus

Subsequent to announcing on December 22, 2023, that a Eurasian wigeon carcass found in the Hong Kong Wetland Park in Tin Shui Wai and a Eurasian wigeon receiving treatment at the Kadoorie...

the whistling of #wigeons is a winter highlight "Only about 200 pairs of wigeon breed in Britain, making it scarcer than the #firecrest, #Dartfordwarbler and #littleegret. But almost half a million birds arrive here in autumn from Iceland, Scandinavia and Arctic Russia to take advantage of our mild winter climate and plentiful food. As well as feeding in shallow water, wigeon also graze on land, plucking tender shoots of grass with their short, stubby bill. #nature
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/11/birdwatch-whistling-wigeons-winter-highlight?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Birdwatch: the whistling of wigeons is a winter highlight

Half a million of these striking birds arrive in Britain in autumn to take advantage of the mild climate

The Guardian

A winter visit to #MadronaMarsh preserve, after some rain finally filled the low-lying areas of the seasonal #wetlands.

#photo #photos #nature #winter #trees #marsh #wigeons #ducks

Also on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kelsonv/albums/72177720305100984

Madrona Marsh January 2023

Explore this photo album by Kelson Vibber on Flickr!

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