I always get this question — or a variation of it — from at least a few folks about this time of year: “A strikingly beautiful bird is coming to my feeder. It has a big red spot on its white breast, ...

with three birds dying in quick succession. The carcasses were sent to the Georgia Poultry Lab Network (GPLN) for testing on Jan. 6. Initial tests confirmed the presence of HPAI on Jan. 8 ...