Re:[nysbirds-l] [re] avian influenza in Scotland, the U.S.A. (NYS), and beyond, into June '22

Indeed this seems so for at least Great Shearwater. Thank you for that link to the long-term study, Paul. Also, more study and surveying may be required on the potential spread of H5N1 into N. America, which detection is mainly quite-recent, and it is possible that the Anatidae (esp. certain du

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse area RBA

RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse * June 20, 2022 * NYSY  06. 20. 22   Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): June 13, 2022 to June 20, 2022 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Comp

RE: [nysbirds-l] avian influenza in Scotland, the U.S.A. (NYS), and beyond, into June '22

Tom While Avian Influenza is certainly ravaging seabird colonies in the North Atlantic, I think the shearwater die off is not caused by this, at least I have not heard of any of these birds testing positive for HPAI. I prepared an good number of Great Shearwaters from the 2017 die off and they

[nysbirds-l] avian influenza in Scotland, the U.S.A. (NYS), and beyond, into June '22

Regarding **possible causes** of mortalities of dead (or dying) seabirds, particularly shearwaters of at least several species seen just lately on the Atlantic shores of (at least) New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and possibly northward, which at-least anecdotally are now likely into the