The Yukon is the latest jurisdiction in the country to see wild bird flu cases in nation-wide outbreak Anna Desmarais · CBC News · Posted: May 27, 2022 7:47 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 27, 2022 ...

In the Yukon, it's drunk bird season. This time of year, people living in the northern territory are known to come across little grey birds called Bohemian waxwings that just can't fly straight.

To help, Environment Yukon is asking residents to bring birds they find drunk or unconscious to its animal health unit near the Whitehorse airport so they can sober up safely.

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 ...

Ambrose thinks the population of peregrines stabilized by 2012, when the birds occupied 60 territories in the upper Yukon study area and most every good cliff nesting site was taken.

Such was the case with several Bohemian waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus) that flew into Whitehorse, Yukon, this fall, and ended up in "drunk tanks" after bingeing on fermented berries of the rowan tree.

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. "We do see ...