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[Fwd: Ticks and birds]
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: [Fwd: Ticks and birds]
- From: Florida Nature Tours <fnt@gdi.net>
- Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 10:38:44 -0500
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Florida Nature Tours wrote:
>
> Jessie,
>
> Birds do get parasites, & death can result in some cases.
> I've never seen anything like what you describe, but I
> doubt that it has anything to do with your feeders. I don't
> know if you saved the finch, but I bet some academic type
> would love to have the specimen to figure out the species
> of vermin. It wouldn't hurt to give the feeders a good
> cleaning, but I wouldn't stop feeding. Just my opinion.
>
> Wes Biggs
> Florida Nature Tours, Orlando 407/363-1360
> fnt@gdi.net
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>
>
> RufusMtn@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > I have feeders and water in my yard for the birds and enjoy watching and
> > trying to identify birds. Feb. 29th. I found a purple finch dead in the
> > yard. It had large, swollen ticks on it's head and face and other parts of
> > its body. Today I noted a junco sitting on a feeder not moving and went to
> > check it. Before it flew I saw a large swollen tick on the side of it's face
> > near the beak. Is this something that ordinarially happens? I've never seen
> > anything like it. Should I clean out my feeders and stop feeding them for
> > awhile? Please advise. Jessie Pearson , Wilkes county, N.C. Boomer
> > community.
> > RufusMtn@aol.com