The warmer weather and melting ice along Lake Michigan, which has opened up new areas of water, likely contributed to the large number washing up on shore, the state agency said. The majority of ...

Hundreds of red-breasted mergansers have been found either dead or sick over the past few days along Lake Michigan in Chicago and into ... the illnesses found in the mergansers, a species of diving ...

The red-breasted merganser is a species of diving duck that typically winters in ... They come here to the Lake Michigan area to winter, and they’re out in big flocks out on the lake.

Wisconsin wildlife officials have identified the highly contagious avian influenza virus in wild ducks along Lake Michigan.

Dozens of dead and sick birds are washing ashore on Lake Michigan beaches in Illinois and Wisconsin, suspected of having the bird flu, according to state officials.

The warmer weather and melting ice along Lake Michigan, which has opened up new ... The majority of waterfowl were red-breasted mergansers, a diving duck also known as the sawbill.

The red-breasted merganser is a species of diving duck that typically winters in ... They come here to the Lake Michigan area to winter, and they’re out in big flocks out on the lake.

Chicago Bird Collision Monitors/Provided Share Hundreds of red-breasted mergansers have been found either dead or sick over the past few days along Lake Michigan ... of diving duck that winters ...