A deadly strain of avian influenza that swept through seabird colonies in Newfoundland and Labrador last summer, and early fall is still a cause for concern heading into a new yea, warns an expert.
Bill Montivecchi, a seabird biologist with MUN said the provinces colonies were “hammered” by the disease last year, resulting in the death of tens of thousands of birds, where many birds washed up on shores.
This started in May last year, he added experts are hoping the best for this summer and remain monitoring like the seabird, murres. It is ongoing like COVID, it is difficult to predict the seabird populations.
But the winter months showed some positive signs of the murres.