The Yukon government is asking residents to report sightings of sick or dead birds to their TIPP line at 1-800-661-0525. The government said in the press release that if the influenza does ...

Yukon birders are seeing more and more "surprises" popping up in their annual Christmas bird count — and it may be attributable to a warming climate, says the head of the local bird club.

That is a 34% decrease in the average number of adult birds they counted there from 2012-2019. “Normally, we have 58-to-60 nesting pairs and one or two single adults along the upper Yukon ...

There are no confirmed cases of avian influenza among wildlife in the Yukon for 2025 yet. The avian influenza, or bird flu, is caused by the avian influenza virus, of which there are several strains.

"Most birds likely just get a bit tipsy, and very few people would be able to pick them out as intoxicated," said Meghan Larivee, laboratory coordinator at the government agency Environment Yukon ...

The spring hunt of any waterfowl except scoters will be closed beginning May 30 at 12:01 a.m. through midnight on June 29.

Officials from the department of environment said in a press release Friday that two waterfowl carcasses in southern Yukon tested positive for the H5N1 virus strand. Avian flu is a highly contagious ...