Thank you, Bill and Alex. Dana's presentation at CU this afternoon was very interesting. I had nonnative House Finches infected with Mycoplasmal conjunctivitis in IA prior to moving here in 2000. I then had the problem with native ones up in Evergreen, and I have it down here in Golden. I have another male now with ~"grade 2" per my binoculars and Dana's rating system. So, the feeders came down again, got deconned, and I hope the bird goes somewhere else. I will keep them down for a while. It was encouraging that the bacterium is only transmissible on feeders, etc. from eye-rubbing by the infected bird for 6h and 12h, but not 24 hr.
Dana mentioned that it "apparently" is found in CO now that it has moved west since 2002 or so. Do others commonly see it in House Finches at their feeders? Kay Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D. Niyo Scientific Communications Kay Niyo Photography <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://www.KayNiyo.com> www.KayNiyo.com ______________________________ 5651 Garnet Street Golden, CO 80403 Phone: (303) 679-6646 Fax: (866) 849-8013 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William H Kaempfer Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 1:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [cobirds] Ornithology series at CU-Boulder Alex Cruz asked if I would make the following knows to Cobirds recipients: The following presentations will be of interest. Talks are held in the Ramaley Biology Building, CU Boulder Campus. Oct 1 Fri EBIO Colloquium - Ramaley N1B23 3:30-4:30 Dana Hawley - Ecology and Evolution of an Emerging Disease in a Songbird Host: Mycoplasmal conjunctivitis in House Finches. Oct 8 Fri EBIO Colloquium - Ramaley N1B23 3:30-4:30 Clint Francis - The Causes and Consequences of Anthropogenic Noise on Avian Communities. Thanks, Alex -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
