I was watching the Syracuse news this morning, and they mentioned that the DEC reported that botulism has been causing a large number of diving bird deaths in the eastern lake ontario basin. It is higher this year than it is normally. Fortunately, the DEC says that usually this type of illness and death usually ends in late november, but dead birds might continue to wash up on shore. People finding dead birds should report them to the DEC, according to the DEC press release, below.
http://www.dec.ny.gov/press/94733.html -Liisa Liisa Mobley Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
