Jane Patterson, the president and education chair of the Baton Rouge Audubon Society, started her birding odyssey in 2005 ...

according to the Louisiana Illuminator. Meanwhile, a backyard flock owner in Bossier Parish near Shreveport reported "increased mortality" among his birds, which tested positive for the virus ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry reports that bird flu, H5N1, has been detected in a second backyard flock. People who work with birds ...

A person in Louisiana is hospitalized in critical condition with ... The person, who is over 65 and has underlying medical problems, had been in contact with sick and dead birds in a backyard flock.