OK to restart backyard bird feeding as avian flu risk ebbs, U experts sayJune 6, 2022 1:08 PMBy Tim NelsonWith bird flu cases among wild populations continuing to decline, the University of Minnesota Raptor Center says the risk is low enough to put backyard feeders back up. In early April the center urged Minnesotans to take down their feeders to stem bird flu’s spread.
U expert: Stop backyard bird feeding while avian flu spreadsApril 15, 2022 12:08 PMBy Lorna BensonMinnesotans should hold off feeding their backyard birds for awhile and should also take steps to sanitize their feeders to help protect birds as avian flu circulates across the state, the head of the University of Minnesota Raptor Center tells MPR News.