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Re: Mycoplasmal Conjunctivits in House Finches



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
>
>