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For those with backyard bird feeders or bird baths, Schaffner suggested using surgical gloves when touching water or surfaces where the birds flock and carefully disposing the gloves once done.

NBC News’ Maggie Vespa joined the group for a day of bird watching. The Great Backyard Bird Count is a bird watching retreat for the blind, designed to let everyone enjoy nature.

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Bird flu has devastated poultry and dairy farms, and sent the price of eggs soaring in the United States since it was first detected in North America in late 2021.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bird flu has devastated poultry and dairy farms, and sent the price of eggs soaring in the United States since it was first detected in North America in late 2021. But what has ...