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Please note: bird flu (avian influenza), and West Nile Virus are not yet known to be in Hawaii - but they could arrive.

Agency officials are monitoring some areas for the arrival of these diseases, but cannot cover the entire state.

Your help IS important. Finding a dead bird could mean that a disease is present. Please help by calling 211 immediately to report it so it can be tested for disease.

Dead birds need to be appropriate for testing. Report dead birds if:

• they are fairly fresh. Birds that are decomposing are not testable for disease.
• they are not flat. Flat birds can't be tested.

This web site is a project of the Hawaii Department of Health and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and contains information about two diseases that are not yet present in Hawaii: bird flu (avian influenza) and West Nile Virus.

These diseases could enter the state and start sickening or killing birds. If undetected, these diseases could spread and harm people.

Your help is urgently needed in this effort to keep watch for the arrival of bird flu (avian influenza), and West Nile Virus.

We are asking for your help in reporting dead birds that may have died from either disease, by reporting online or by calling the Aloha United Way hotline at 211.

West Nile Virus spreads to people, birds and other animals when mosquitoes bite infected birds. Bird flu mainly spreads between birds, yet can very rarely spread to people. Although these are two separate and different diseases, the role you play in early detection is the same: Report dead birds to 211 for disease testing.

Mahalo for your help in guarding the health of our families and environment.