The Indiana Department of Natural Resources recommends that people from nine counties Allen, Hamilton, Hendricks, Johnson, Lake, Marion, Monroe, Porter and St. Joseph refrain from feeding the birds while the agency continues to investigate cases of sick and dying songbirds. However, the DNR recommends that people in 16 other counties, including Allen, Whitley and Marion Counties, still not feed their birds. But people in Allen, Carroll, Clark, Floyd, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Lake, Marion, Monroe, Morgan, Porter, St.
Joseph, Tippecanoe and Whitley still shouldn't feed birds, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources said Monday. State officials lifted the moratorium on bird feeding in 76 Indiana counties while the investigation into how songbirds die continues. On Wednesday, the state Department of Natural Resources yesterday called on people to remove their bird feeders after reports of sick and dead songbirds in Monroe, Clark, Jefferson, LaGrange and Lake Counties. However, residents of 16 other counties are advised to continue to keep their feeders low while research continues on the mysterious disease that has been killing songbirds.
INDIANAPOLIS The Indiana Department of Natural Resources announced Monday that residents of 76 Indiana counties can resume feeding birds. Indiana residents can reposition their bird feeders if they feel comfortable doing so and don't see sick or dead birds in their yard. The DNR has withdrawn its recommendation that Indiana residents refrain from feeding birds in all counties. Eighty-one counties in Indiana are now free to feed birds, but the DNR recommended that all bird feeders be cleaned at least once a week with a 10% bleach solution and rinsed thoroughly.
On Wednesday, the state Department of Natural Resources said there are now reports of birds suffering from a mysterious illness in 50 of Indiana's 92 counties. The state says there are reports of sick or dead birds in 15 counties, including Indianapolis and the rest of Marion County. INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) The Indiana Department of Natural Resources announced Thursday that six more counties across the state may resume feeding birds, but it still recommends that some counties refrain from doing this activity. On Monday, the Department of Natural Resources said there are reports of sick or dead birds in 40 Indiana counties.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana residents in Indiana's 92 counties can resume feeding birds, the Department of Natural Resources announced. The state Department of Natural Resources says several birds in Monroe, Clark, Jefferson, LaGrange and Lake Counties became ill or died in recent months. DNR said Monday that residents in 76 counties could resume feeding birds, although residents were asked to keep feeders low while researchers continue to investigate what is killing songbirds. And West Nile virus still exists in Indiana birds, a disease that also began in the eastern United States.
Meanwhile, the DNR says people should clean their bird feeders and never handle birds found in trees or on the ground.
