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Re: Mycoplasmal Conjunctivits in House Finches
- To: "Linda Sharp" <nljsharp@worldnet.att.net>, "Carolina Birds Post" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: Re: Mycoplasmal Conjunctivits in House Finches
- From: "Reece Mitchell" <rmitche2@tds.net>
- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 07:08:02 -0500
- References: <003c01c1717f$42e87380$dd9bfed1@ghs.org>
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
We have not seen a diseased House Finch this fall but have had at least one
every winter for the past four years.
Reece Mitchell
Flat Rock, (Henderson County)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Sharp" <nljsharp@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Carolina Birds Post" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 11:53 PM
Subject: Mycoplasmal Conjunctivits in House Finches
> Yesterday I decided to spend the day was resting on my screen porch while
> doing my first weekend of the Cornell University winter bird count, since
I
> had gotten up at 5:00 A.M. that morning to see the Leonids. I decided to
> read my new addition of Living Bird which featured an article on
Mycoplasmal
> Conjunctivitis in House Finches. While I was reading the article a house
> finch came to my tube feeder. As I put the binoculars on it I noticed an
> infected eye. The article I was reading mainly focused on surveys done
> between 1994 and 1997. I had several infected finches in 1996. I didn't
see
> many after that until this year. About a month ago the numbers at my
feeders
> started to decline again. I was wondering if this disease was still
> prevalent in the Carolinas. I have not heard much about it in several
years.
> As anyone else seen diseased finches recently?
>
> Linda Sharp
> Greenville, SC
> nljsharp@worldnet.att.net
>
>