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 ...

This is that special time of year when birds in the Yukon get plastered by eating fermented berries. The drunks birds fall out of trees, fly into objects, and pass out. To help, local ...

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 ...

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 ...