Brant Beach resident Jeff Schaefer’s recent walks along the stretch of ocean beach from 56th Street to 30th Street have left him with some concern, as he’s encountered a number of deceased birds: seagulls, a duck, maybe even a hawk, as he noted last week. With his mind on the nationwide H5N1 avian influenza outbreak, Schaefer contacted Long Beach Township, the LBI Health Department and, as directed by both of the former, the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Fish and Wildlife – which is declaring that public health threats…