[Durham INC] [TPD-NC] Bird Feeding Stop Alert/Help birds: Serious new songbird epidemic, US Geological Survey asks for moratorium on feeders/bird baths

[chander2]

A. This is an alert that may or may not be completely up to date. (In
reviewing the material linked below I saw date going back to May in some on
of the info).

B. Perhaps more importantly, there is no unified call to stop feeding birds
that has been communicated through multiple sources (like Audobon society,
the EPA, and others). What is being said is, IF you choose to have bird
feeders, clean them regularly. Which -spoiler alert - you should be doing
anyway. If you wouldn't eat off of dirty dishes, or put pet food in bowl
that's only cleaned once every few months, why would you treat a bird
feeder any differently?

Please don't simply pass along fear mongering summations that arent
accurate.



On Tue, Jun 29, 2021, 18:23 Debra A Hawkins <dhawkins913311 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear neighbors, a new unknown/poorly understood disease is ravaging bird
> populations on the Eastern Seaboard, and spreading to many states and
> inland. USGS has put out a call for backyard birders to take down feeders
> and birdbaths to help stop/slow transmission until more is understood or
> solutions/help is possible. Rehab places are being overwhelmed with
> sick/dying songbirds and cannot save them all. Please read the below
> information/check out other articles and consider taking your birding aids
> offline till the professionals/scientists let us know what or when to
> resume. Sadly, we need to help our avian population socially distance too
> -- before flocking season starts in the fall. Many thanks to our local
> wildlife certified rehabbers and CLAWS INC. for the heads up. As always,
> please feel free to share and distribute as you wish, and please forgive
> any duplicate postings not seen/simply disregard if not relevant or
> interested. Thank you.
>
>
>
> “Birds of the mid-Atlantic are disappearing at an alarming rate, says the
> U.S. Geological Survey
> <https://www.usgs.gov/news/interagency-statement-usgs-and-partners-investigating-dc-area-bird-mortality-event?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=facebook&utm_term=0a3f1fb9-caf4-46cb-a52f-e23845585a6c&utm_content=u.s.+geological+survey+%28usgs%29&utm_campaign=biosurveillance-fy21>,
> which is urging residents to refrain from feeding the animals until more is
> known about a mysterious disease that causes eye swelling, neurological
> damage and, ultimately, death.
>
> In a recent joint statement by the USGS on behalf of a number of state
> agencies throughout Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and DC, they warned
> that birds that congregate in feeders and baths are likely to transmit the
> illness, which has not yet been identified by wildlife experts. They ask
> residents to disinfect and remove such ornaments from their homes until the
> “mortality event” has ended and more is known about how the disease can be
> treated or prevented.”
>
>
> https://nypost.com/2021/06/22/mysterious-disease-is-killing-hundreds-of-birds-in-dc-area/?fbclid=IwAR0S7Ru5w5KkvpZe6nuOOPRwtREGfEshKf8nIikThEIq3Td5kfrsGglOy98
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