H5 bird flu hits Australia's Limestone Coast as residents find sick and dead birds daily

Just three weeks after H5 bird flu was detected on South Australia's Limestone Coast, encounters with sick or dead birds are becoming an everyday occurrence for local residents. Maureen Christie, a decades-long bird observer from Carpenter Rocks, says she is now witnessing widespread suffering among birds in the region. Australia is bracing for the virus to potentially spread to hundreds of species.

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