Look to this guide to identify the birds in your area.Birds are essential to the environment in many ways. Some species play ...

Washington is the sixth state to report human cases of bird flu, which has spread rampantly ... or pink eye — symptoms now understood to be common when people are infected.

Washington state wildlife officials are seeking ... An autopsy confirmed the birds were also shot with a shotgun. The common loon was located approximately 11 miles upriver of Vantage, while ...

The Washington farm workers who appear to have the virus have not been hospitalized, according to state and local ... it is relatively common among migratory wild birds. Wild birds that travel ...

Bird flu has been confirmed in a commercial poultry farm in Clackamas County, Ore., and small backyard flocks in Lewis County, Wash., and Crook County, Ore. Migratory waterfowl are spreading the ...

Four people in Washington state are suffering from bird flu, prompting fears about the illness spreading to other agricultural workers in the U.S. Also known as avian influenza A (H5N1), the ...

The more common H5N1 ... to declare a state of emergency, and has infected dozens of Americans, mostly farmworkers. While public health experts still consider bird flu a low risk for the general ...