Bird flu hitting Common Cranes in Israel (1 Viewer)

[Richard Prior]

Israel tries to contain avian flu outbreak after 5,000 wild cranes die

Some 5,000 wild cranes have died and hundreds of thousands of chickens and turkeys are being culled.

www.bbc.com

 

[PYRTLE]

Dreadful scene, as were the Barnacle geese in Scotland. Sometimes more poignant when it is a large majestic species.

 

[aeshna5]

Awful indeed.

 

[pppppvvvv]

That's sad. I remember seeing Cranes there many years ago. For some reason it stands out as a very memorable experience/birding day. I could hear them, and then the early morning mist lifted, and there were hundreds of them.
My first Penduline Tits were between the Cranes and me.