The information in regards to the current HPAI outbreak in the nation has
been out there and available for public access for a long time. The impacts
to domestic poultry, commercial and backyard, started late last winter.
Part of the problem is that significant swaths of the birding community
For reporting sick/dead wild birds, Colorado Parks Wildlife may be contacted
via their website: http://cpw.state.co.us. They have a wildlife disease
laboratory in Fort Collins.
Also, the Colorado Health Emergency Line for the Public (CoHELP) will receive
reports of sick/dead birds (and
Folks, a highly pathogenic avian flu virus may be coming our way. It is strain
H5N2, and in recent weeks/months has caused deaths in chicken flocks and/or
wild birds in Utah, Wyoming and Kansas. The latest casualty was a Canada Goose
near Cheyenne earlier this month. So far, no humans have been
