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Sunday 15 November 2026

Eastern waterbird survey finds no sign of bird flu yet

The 44th eastern Australian waterbird survey flew 38,000km and found no sign of bird flu deaths. Its leader says the virus is coming anyway.

Sienna Brook Sunday 15 November 2026, open calendar5 min read

Photo: Suscipia / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and resized.

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For 44 years, a small plane has flown low over eastern Australia's wetlands every spring so scientists can count the waterbirds. This year's count was also a hunt for bird flu, and it came back clean.

Australian pelicans perched on piles in the Coorong, South Australia — Photo: Suscipia / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and resized.

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Sienna Brook Sunday 15 November 2026 at 11:40 am Adelaide, open calendar5 min read

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