If the bird does have avian influenza, it will probably be dead very soon. If it does die, you should triple bag it in plastic trash bags—be sure to wear a mask and disposable gloves. Then notify the DEC. Hopefully, they’ll get it tested at Cornell.
On Aug 4, 2025, at 7:48 AM, Tobias Dean <[email protected]> wrote: Maybe overthinking this but we observed one of our local ravens on the ground in our orchard yesterday. It was walking away from my wife mowing outside the orchard fence very slowly. Completely off normal raven behavior. It was dead this morning. My question is should I A. Bury the body with gloves mask etc B. Notify some agency about it C. Not worry about it and avian flu; let nature take care of the carcass? Thanks. Toby Dean -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> ABA<https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
