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Re: tick kills chipping sparrow
- To: Carolinabirds@duke.edu, Steve Thomas <stype@sccoast.net>
- Subject: Re: tick kills chipping sparrow
- From: Jill Froning <sjfroning@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 19:32:56 -0800 (PST)
- Delivered-to: pardo@metalab.unc.edu
- In-reply-to: <v01510100ba976031207b@[66.153.195.115]>
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Re: Ticks
I have corresponding with a number of folks re ticks
on bird since
mid Decemeber when I was seeing several per day
in Juncos>>>AmGo's>> Chippes.
There is an entymologist at Auburn who is very
interested
in ticks on birds and may be the researcher most
actively involved in this research
He sent me a lengthy email describing the tick type,
time of attachment, and
probable cause of death.
He has a brief set of questions for an observor to
answer
as well as requests for any ticks that could be sent
to him (preferred live in crush-proof container) or
dead (I have instructions on how to preserve/send).
If any of you are interested, I can send more info.
Jill Froning DVM
Chapel Hill, NC/n. Chatham Co.
--- Steve Thomas <stype@sccoast.net> wrote:
> As a follow-up to the recent birds and ticks thread
> -
>
> Yesterday, my wife found an ailing chipping sparrow
> sitting in the lawn at
> our house. She thought it best to leave it alone,
> and did. But, an hour
> or so later she noticed it was dead.
>
> She directed me to it when I got home, and I found
> it had a tick on its
> "cheek" nearly the size of its head.
>
>
> St.
>
> Stephen Thomas
> stype@sccoast.net
> Aynor, SC
>
>
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