ABOUT THE CONCERNS. WHILE SANDHILL CRANES ARE A COMMON AND OFTEN WELCOME SIGHT HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY, SITES LIKE THIS ARE LITTLE BIT LESS WELCOME AND CAUSE FOR CONCERN. SANDHILL CRANES ARE BEING ...

Sandhill cranes are the latest victims of a particularly persistent strain of avian influenza, killing at least 1,500 of the migrating birds in recent weeks, according to a biologist with the Indiana ...

AUSTIN, Ind. (WDRB) – Dead sandhill cranes found in southern Indiana are raising concerns about the spread of avian flu from poultry to wild birds. In Jackson County, near Brownstown and Seymour, ...

Sean Leone got up before the crack of dawn last month to catch a rare sight right outside his house on Fish Lake, Indiana: thousands of sandhill cranes. With their tall gray bodies and a hint of ...

In the wake of an unprecedented mass die-off of sandhill cranes due to bird flu in Indiana, wildlife specialists are expressing heightened concerns over the potential impact of the disease to birds as ...

Editor's note: This story was updated with a new estimate for the number of cranes that have died in Indiana. So far, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has not seen any evidence of the bird flu, known ...

Sandhill cranes that have flocked by the thousands each spring and fall to Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area have discovered Indiana Dunes National Park’s Great Marsh. Save the Dunes Program ...

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The bird flu is taking out wildlife in some parts of Indiana. Birds known as the sandhill cranes are turning up dead on frozen lakes in LaPorte County, Indiana.Around 600 cranes have died in Jackson ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the wake of an unprecedented mass die-off of sandhill cranes due to bird flu in Indiana, wildlife specialists are expressing ...