Dead Bird Reporting

• Since 2002, MDH has used dead bird reporting and virus testing to confirm West Nile Virus is widely established throughout Minnesota.
  
  
• As further reporting and testing would not add to this understanding, we have discontinued dead bird reporting efforts.
  
  
• However, the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District is still taking reports of dead birds (especially American Crows, Blue Jays, and Hawks) within the seven county Minneapolis-St. Paul area to help guide Mosquito Control efforts within their service area.
  • Report a Dead Bird
    West Nile Surveillance in Minnesota, from the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District.
    Attention: Non-MDH link

Dead Bird Reporting and Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)

• MDH is not testing birds for Avian Influenza.
  
  
• The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is participating in a national wild bird monitoring effort for Avian Influenza.
  • Monitoring for Avian Influenza
    Attention: Non-MDH link

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