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Re: report of West Nile Virus killing wild and captive raptors
- To: "Fred Houk" <fred@counterculturecoffee.com>,"carolinabirds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: Re: report of West Nile Virus killing wild and captive raptors
- From: "Reece Mitchell" <rmitche2@tds.net>
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 06:40:45 -0400
- Delivered-to: pardo@metalab.unc.edu
- References: <003e01c36518$d4e67780$d099f7a5@fred>
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Researchers at William and Mary reported losing two first year Peregrine
Falcons to West Nile this year.
Reece Mitchell
Flat Rock
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Houk" <fred@counterculturecoffee.com>
To: "carolinabirds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 7:39 PM
Subject: Fw: report of West Nile Virus killing wild and captive raptors
> Fred Houk here, from Chatham County, NC...
> I have worked closely with Mark Johns, head of NC Partners in Flight,
> over the years in coffee/bird migration work. He forwarded this to me,
> about West Nile Virus and raptors, a while back.
>
> Come to think of it, there MAY be a connection with the "positive
> sighting" by a trained ornithology grad student, of the Ivory Bill
> Woodpecker, West Nile Virus, and the subsequent lack of any further
> sightings...wouldn't that be sad???
>
> Anyway, this is for Johnathon Steere, who asked about WNV and
> raptors...
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>
> Subject: Fw: report of West Nile Virus killing wild and captive raptors
>
>
> From: "Mark E. Johns" <johnsme@mindspring.com>
> Subject: Re: report of West Nile Virus killing wild and captive raptors
>
> More info on West Nile ecology and species that are susceptible to it
> can be found at the CDC website:
> http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/birds&mammals.htm
> From the Birdband listserver comes this report about
> the spread of the mosquito-transmitted West Nile Virus
> to raptors in widely separated areas:
>
> LABIRD:
> > > Steve Barry (Wildlife Project Leader), Crane Creek
> > > Wildlife Research Station, Ohio, has reported a die-off of raptors.
> So far, rough estimates indicate that 100-125 Great-Horned Owls, 2
> captive Golden Eagles, and
> numerous hawk species have been found dead. Seven of
> 8 specimens sent to the Ohio Health Department tested positive for WNV.
> The USGS National Wildlife Health Lab in Madison, Wisconsin is assisting
> in the analysis of the Ohio raptor die-off. In addition, the
> OhioDivision of Wildlife has reported an " enormous number" of telephone
> calls from citizens who are reporting additional dead or dying and other
> birds. Since Louisiana has reported more human infections from WNV than
> any other state thus far this season, one has to wonder what the
> mortality rate may be among Louisiana birds.
>
> submitted by Stan Moore San Geronimo, CA hawkman11@hotmail.com
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