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DoomsdaysCWDoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
2025-10-23

#Indiana reports #AvianInfluenza cases in wild birds in 3 counties

by: Gregg Montgomery
Posted: Oct 18, 2025 / 11:29 AM EST / Updated: Oct 19, 2025 / 10:42 AM EST

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — "#BirdFlu has been found in a #WildDuck and #vultures in Indiana, the Department of Natural Resources said in a news release issued Friday.

"The announcement comes after avian influenza was found earlier this month at five commercial #duck farms in northern Indiana.

"Natural Resources says bird flu has been found in a #BlueWingedTeal in Greene County in southwest central Indiana, and in death black vultures in Jefferson County in southern Indiana. The virus is also suspected in similar cases involving dead #BlackVultures in Franklin County in southeast central Indiana.

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services and the state’s department recorded the finds.

"Signs of bird flu in waterfowl and raptors include sudden death; neurological impairment such as lack of coordination and tremors; a lack of energy and appetite; swelling of the head, neck, and eyes; nasal discharge; cough; sneezing; and diarrhea.

"The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believes the public health risk from bird flu is low, but humans can contract the virus. People are advised to avoid contact with sick #waterfowl and other wildlife. If handling a carcass is necessary, Natural Resources recommended the use of disposable gloves and a mask, and double bagging the carcass, and washing hands thoroughly afterward.

"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommends that waterfowl hunters process birds in a well-ventilated area or outdoors and wear protective clothing such as a face mask and gloves. Meat harvested from waterfowl should be cooked to an internal temperature of 165 degrees F before consumption.

"The Indiana Department of Health advises individuals to contact them if they develop symptoms such as eye irritation, fever, cough, or other flu-like symptoms after contact with waterfowl. They can be reached at 317-233-7125 during business hours or 317-233-1325 after hours.

"Because domestic and agricultural animals — including poultry, cattle, and cats — are also susceptible to avian influenza, it is recommended to process and dispose of harvested waterfowl away from these animals and practice good #biosecurity measures."

Source:
wishtv.com/news/indiana-news/i

#HPAINews #BirdFlu #AvianInfluenza #CatHealth #AnimalHealth #HealthAndSafety

Animal Toy Blogblog@animaltoyforum.com
2025-01-25

Blue-winged Teal (Large Ducks by AAA)

Despite sharing the common name ‘teal’, the Blue-winged Teal (BWTE, Spatula discors) is not in the same genus (Anas) as the Green-winged Teal (GWTE) from my earlier review, although it was for a period. The genus Spatula, originally described in 1822 and eventually placed in synonymy with Anas, was resurrected in 2009 after a molecular phylogeny looking at two mitochondrial genes (cytochrome […]

Read more... https://animaltoyforum.com/blog/blue-winged-teal-large-ducks-by-aaa/

#BlueWingedTeal #Spatula #SpatulaDiscors #AAA

Parsingphaseparsingphase@m.phase.org
2024-11-08

#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Blue-winged Teal, 25th March 2022
Cape Cod National Seashore, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm + 1.4x teleconverter @ 840mm, 15% crop, 1/800s, f/10, ISO 640
#Birds #BlueWingedTeal #BirdPhotography

One of the smaller-billed species of the Spatula genus, this duck’s green wing patches are not visible while it swims with wings folded, instead showing stunning leopard-print sides and a bold white facial crescent.
MikeFlycophidion@birds.town
2024-08-27

A few shots from yesterday's Jamaica Bay (NY) Shorebird Festival. The event featured a few birding walks, this one around the National Wildlife Refuge's marshy and extensive South Pond. Unfortunately, most photos were taken from rather far away. I'm including a fuzzy shot of a Red-necked Phalarope, which was over 300 yards away, because who knows when I'll see one again. Very cool birds - a pelagic shorebird. Also shown: a Blue-winged Teal couple, Pectoral Sandpiper, and Broad-winged Hawk.
#nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #naturecommunity #BirdsOfMastodon #shorebirds #saltmarsh #birdphotography #birding #biodiversity
#RedneckedPhalarope #BroadtailedHawk #PectoralSandpiper #BlueWingedTeal

A pair of Blue-winged Teals foraging on a saltmarsh pond. "A small dabbling duck, a Blue-winged Teal is dwarfed by a Mallard and only a touch larger than a Green-winged Teal. Head is rounded and bill is on the large side. Breeding males are brown-bodied with dark speckling on the breast, slaty-blue head with a white crescent behind the bill, and a small white flank patch in front of their black rear. Females and eclipse males are a cold, patterned brown. In flight, they reveal a bold powder-blue patch on their upperwing coverts" (Allaboutbirds). These birds are in eclipse plumage, a fairly uniform brown.Broad-winged Hawk flying toward the viewer. "Broad-winged Hawks are small, compact raptors with chunky bodies and large heads. In flight, their broad wings come to a distinct point. The tail is short and square. Adult Broad-winged Hawks have reddish-brown heads, barred underparts, and broad black and white bands on the tail. The pale undersides of the wings are bordered in dark brown. Juveniles are lighter brown with coarse streaking on the underparts, particularly on the sides of the breast; the tail is narrowly banded. In the West, rare dark-morph adults are completely dark sooty brown with a banded tail." (Allaboutbirds)Pectoral Sandpiper standing on a log alongside a saltmarsh pond. This species, like many shorebirds , is declining due to loss of habitat. "A stout, medium-sized shorebird with a moderately long, fairly thick-based bill and long wings. Males are considerably larger and about 50% heavier than females. Adults are patterned in brown, gold, and black above, with white belly and neat dark-brown rows of stipples on the breast that stop sharply at the white belly. Juveniles are similar but with some rusty-edged feathers above. The legs are yellowish. In flight, shows little to no wingstripe." (Allaboutbirds)Red-necked Phalarope standing in shallow water near the bank of a saltmarsh pond. "Small, dainty shorebird that sits high on the water, with a slender neck and very thin, sharp bill. Females are brighter than males. Breeding adults have a white throat, reddish patch on neck, and gray body with buffy markings on wings. Nonbreeding birds (this one -- or it could be a a juvenile) are gray above and white below with a streaky back and black ear patch." These are threatened by ocean warming that eliminates the zooplankton they feed upon in Arctic waters (AllAboutBirds)
Adam KaningherAdamk0310@pixelfed.social
2024-04-27
Serenity Blue-winged Teal

#BlueWingedTeal #TealDuck #Duck #Drake #Birds #Wildlife
A male Blue-winged Teal duck swimming in a lake.
Adam Kaningheradamk0310@mas.to
2024-04-27

Serenity Blue-winged Teal

#BlueWingedTeal #TealDuck #Duck #Drake #Birds #Wildlife

flickr.com/photos/adamk0310/53

Paul Mindemanlwbadger@pixelfed.social
2024-04-22
A #BlueWingedTeal flying over a beaver pond.

#ducks #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdsinflight #NorthDakota
Heron&Fox Photoheronfoxphoto@universeodon.com
2024-02-14

Blue-Wing #Teal #Ducks feed by diving and nibbling along the bottom of the water for vegetation and small insects and mollusks.
In this #photograph, one teal has its head underwater, feeding. The other has just finished and is swimming on the water’s surface at the Merritt Island National #Wildlife Refuge.

Get a print of this image or another at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/b

#BlueWingedTeal #SpatulaDiscors #BirdsOfMastodon #Waterfowl #WaterfowlWednesday #Birds #WildlifePhotography

An outdoor, daylight photograph of two ducks swimming in water. One duck is swimming right-side-up with its head and body above the water. To the right, the duck has dived down, with its head and neck underwater and its tail and legs in the air. Ripples emanate from around the ducks. The water is mostly blue, but some is reflecting trees and foliage from the shore.
Adam KaningherAdamk0310@pixelfed.social
2023-09-26
Unkempt

#BlueWingedTeal #Duck #Waterfowl #Reflection #Birds #Wildlife
A female Blue-winged Teal duck swimming in a calm lake, with its reflection below it. One feather on its back is upturned sharply like a leaf.
Paul Mindemanlwbadger@pixelfed.social
2023-07-13
A mother #BlueWingedTeal leads her #ducklings across a marshy spot.

#ducks #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #northdakota
Carpingdiemcarpingdiem@med-mastodon.com
2023-04-27

It was an ideal spring day today: sunny, light breeze, not too warm and NO BUGS. We went looking for birds. There were some warblers, but not many yet. #warblers #treeswallows #bluewingedteal #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #nature

A yellow rumped warbler from below.Shiny blue tree swallows perched on top of the nest box they have claimed.A palm warbler with his rufous capA male blue winged teal duck. They are small ducks and the males are quite distinctive with their black heads with a white vertical slash.
Angelique Sophiaangeliquesophia@mastodon.art
2023-04-25

This week I added a new #lifer after spotting 5 Blue-winged Teals out on the lake. 🏆

They were too far for photos, but today I found them on the golf course lake.

#BlueWingedTeal #ducks #birds #BirdNerd #BirdPhotography #UrbanNature #nature #MontroseHarbor #NaturePhotography

Two male Blue-winged Teals floating on the golf course lake. They have dark brown heads, necks, and rears with a large white patch at the back and white crescent shape on the side of their face. The rest of the body is light brown. One has their mouth open.Two male Blue-winged Teals stand at the edge of the water, one in and one just out. You can just barely see the blue tip on the wings of the left bird.A male and female Blue-winged Teal float in the lake with their beaks facing down.Two male Blue-winged Teals float at the lake.
Paul Mindemanlwbadger@pixelfed.social
2023-04-17
A #BlueWingedTeal couple looking for a suitable nest.

#ducks #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #minnesota
Heron&Fox Photoheronfoxphoto@universeodon.com
2023-03-26

#MarshMadness: Two Blue-winged #Teal #ducks at #MINWR circle each other in the #marsh. Blue-winged teals feed by dunking their heads in shallow water and “#dabbling” up vegetation and small mollusks from the water’s bottom.
#BlueWingedTeal, #Duck, #MerrittIslandNationalWildlifeRefuge, #DabblingDucks, #Marsh, #Birds, #Waterfowl, #BirdsOfMastodon, #Photograph, #Photography, #Photo, #NaturePhotography
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Two Blue-winged Teal ducks, both mostly brown, white, and black, swing in a circle around one another, looking at each other over the surface of the marshy water.
Deb OppermannDebOppermann@photog.social
2022-12-31

End of 2022 images that were my favs! I was super excited to see this male #BlueWingedTeal in breeding colors having some fun on a local pond as it was a lifer for me! I had specifically gone out to try to find this small dabbling #duck and was in luck.
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#waterbird #birds #BirdsOfMastodon #nature #BirdPhotography #BirdArt #BirdLover #wildlife #ArtMatters #AYearForArt #NaturePhotography #PhotographyIsArt #FediGiftShop #artwork

I was super excited to see this male Blue Winged Teal in breeding colors on a local pond in spring in Guelph Ontario Canada as it was a first for me. I had specifically gone out to try to find this small dabbling duck and was in luck.I was super excited to see this male Blue Winged Teal in breeding colors having some fun on a local pond in spring in Guelph Ontario Canada as it was a first for me. I had specifically gone out to try to find this small dabbling duck and was in luck.
John Reed Pavanjohnpavan@photog.social
2022-09-11

Blue-winged teals (Spatula discors) at the East Pond of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

#bluewingedteal #SpatulaDiscors #ducks #waterfowl #nature #wildlife #birds #birding #birdwatching #eastpond #jamaicabay #wildliferefuge #nps #canonphotography #luminarneo

Natalie Metzgerthefuzzyslug@mastodon.art
2022-04-30

Ducks 'n' butts

#birding #photography #BlueWingedTeal #duck

Pair of teal ducks floating in a pond. Male is brown with small black spots on side, black head with a verticle white stripe near the bill. Female is moddled brown duck coloring.Pair of teal ducks floating in a pond. Male is just hanging out. Female butt up munching on pond weeds.

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